10.04 and nVidia

[Fred A. Miller]

On 03/25/2010 10:56 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 26/03/10 13:42, Fred A. Miller wrote:
>    
>> On 03/25/2010 09:33 PM, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> Em Quinta-feira 25 Março 2010, Fred A. Miller escreveu:
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> After frequent attempts, it's apparent that Ubuntu beta1 is "busted"
>>>> when it comes to at least some nVidia drivers. The error is that the
>>>> system can't load the nVidia kernel module. This is a 64-bit box with
>>>> a nVidia 6150 LE chipset. I updated after install but the system
>>>> won't load the GUI once a nVidia driver is chosen.
>>>>
>>>> Fred
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> After I installed nvidia drivers in Lucid, the nouveau driver would
>>> always be loaded even if blacklisted. I had to remove it, then the
>>> nvidia driver worked.
>>> Well, sort of. The text consoles do not work (CTRL+ALT+Fx).
>>> Also, if you are running gdm for graphical login, you may run into a
>>> problem that causes X to restart if you press "2" or ENTER at the login
>>> screen. This only happen once per system startup and after X is
>>> restarted everything works fine. Removing plymouth eliminates this
>>> problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> I tried this also.....nada. It still can't load the nvidia module....the
>> "173" is what I need.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>      
> You need to highlight the driver by making the button on the left green
> and then Activate the driver for it to be installed.
>    

Of course.

Fred

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