[ubuntu-za] Graphics card advice

frans dormakorp at vodamail.co.za
Wed Aug 18 12:53:19 BST 2010



On 10/08/17 06:24 PM, Josh Brodrick wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Josh Brodrick 
> <josholikestofly at gmail.com <mailto:josholikestofly at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         I also like nvidia a lot.  When it is time to buy, I generally
>         look
>         here.
>         http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-460-radeon-hd-5570-gaming,2697.html
>          It gives a good guidline on where to start shopping.
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>
>
> Hi Lee
>
> Sorry just one last question that comes to mind.
> I read your link above and after quite a bit of research I have 
> decided to go for the nvidia geforce gtx 460.
>
> The thing is as it is a brand new card it needs newer nvidia 
> drivers....the nvidia current driver in lucid is 195.36.24, but the 
> card apparently needs 256.44.
>
> Whats the deal with downloading and installing newer nvidia drivers in 
> ubuntu (I've only ever just used the current ones from System / 
> Administration / Hardware drivers)  and the next question is how do i 
> find what the current driver will be in the maverick release?
>
> Thanks again, especially for the link about the gtx 460 :)
>
> Cheers
>
> Josh
>
>
Instaling the 256.*  drivers is possible, though I'd prefer not having 
to hack Grub for it(some advice there would be nice).

the basics is that you should boot into the commandline or switch to a 
cli terminal with crtl+alt+F1-F6

cd to the folder you've downloaded the *.run file and install.

there are ways to avoid doing this everytime you're kernel update, and  
you do need the kernel source to compile it, but thats it.

now if someone can point my to a howto for making the deb files for the 
nvidia drivers that would be very nice, I have not found it yet.

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