Subject: Re: 12.10 no menus etc

[Grizzly]

02 January 2013  at 22:48, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ub wrote:
ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 101, Issue (at least in part)

>Message: 3
>Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 19:40:58 +0000
>From: Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>

>On 2 January 2013 17:45, Grizzly <Real_Grizz_Adams at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> Others have said it "may" be my graphic chipset (nVidia gForce4 MX440)
>>
>> After what seems like forever and much googling of Ubuntu stuff, there are
>> many (possible) solutions for "Recent" nVidia cards, one even got me the
>> Right Click & the Install Icon (but made my 1920x1200 desktop PC think it was
>>
>> a 800x600 Laptop) but not much for older cards, which have worked up until
>> now
>>
>> So I have downloaded the driver from nVidia.com/Unix in a .run file, at first
>>
>> it would not install because :-
>>
>> an X-Server was running ("sudo service lightdm stop" fixed that)
>>
>> then
>>
>> Nauveau was running, so far no joy stopping that
>>
>> anyone actually fixed this without scrapping the whole thing and going back
>> to 12.04
>
>I've had that one, back to 11.10 at least.
>
>I blacklisted nouveau & rebooted in order to install the proprietary
>drivers. I think. It was a while back.

Care to step-by-step that for us rusty sould please

Remember I'm running from a live USB (if it makes a difference)