Steps to install nvidia drivers on linux
This is how I installed nVidia drivers on a fresh 9.04 install(Step 1)
First grab the drivers from here put them in you /home/user folder
(Step 2)
Right Click, Terminal
Install these three applications to prepare for the driver installation
sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings binutils gcc
(Step 3)
press CTRL+ALT+F1 to take you into a non-X terminal thingy
(Step 4)
authenticate with your user account
sudo killall gdm
sudo killall openbox
sudo ./NVIDIA*
(Step 5)
Run through the installation wizard.
(Step 6)
Afterwards, reboot your GUI, enabling the drivers, by typing (thx alt-SysRq-boom!)
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
P.S. i <3 #!
edit: fixed reboot to gdm start
Last edited by stevetamis; 07-22-2009 at 08:39 AM.
|
