Nvidia graphics trouble

[NoOp]

On 10/21/2010 01:25 PM, Carsten Agger wrote:
> I'm trying to get a friend's computer to work with Ubuntu 10.10.
> 
> Everything works fine, except the graphics card, an Nvidia GEForce 9800 GT.
> 
> After a default installation, the screen blanks after booting, meaning 
> the monitor suddenly says "No input". This is probably due to the 
> failure of the free  "nouveau" nvidia driver.
> 
> In order to even boot the computer, it's necessary to remove the boot 
> parameters "quiet splash" and replace them with "nomodeset". This, 
> however, disables 3D acceleration.
> 
> Installing the proprietary Nvidia driver from System/Additional drivers 
> produces *exactly* the same result - a blank screen, no input received 
> by the monitor.
> 
> We also tried downloading the newest driver from the Nvidia web site - 
> this made the screen blink while trying to launch X, after which it 
> bailed out to terminal login.
> 
> Does anyone know how to make 3D acceleration work with this card? 
> Apparently it worked in 8.10 and 9.04 but has been broken in 10.04 and 
> 10.10 (don't know about 9.10). I was unable to find any help on the 
> wiki, alas.

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers?field.searchtext=maverick&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=>

Similar:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/669088>

Try x-swat:
<https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates?field.series_filter=maverick>
[260.19.12-0ubuntu1~xup2]

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates