NVIDIA 195.36.24 Linux Driver Released

[Sarvatt]

Just use them from a PPA on ubuntu since the installer from nvidia.com doesn't work with lucid yet, they'll be in this one:

https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates

[mugginz]

Just use them from a PPA on ubuntu since the installer from nvidia.com doesn't work with lucid yet, they'll be in this one:

https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x...hive/x-updates

It does if you blacklist nouveau, et al.

drop this

blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
blacklist nvidia-173
blacklist nvidia-96

into this

/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf

[Sarvatt]

It does if you blacklist nouveau, et al.

drop this

blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
blacklist nvidia-173
blacklist nvidia-96

into this

/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf

Sure if you don't want any GL at all

[mugginz]

Sure if you don't want any GL at all

Really?

• Blacklist drivers
• Boot into text mode
• Install driver
• Reboot
• Profit

OpenGL works great in the new driver.

[mugginz]

• Blacklist drivers
• Boot into text mode
• Install driver
• Reboot
• Profit

Details

• Blacklist drivers
  • drop this
    

    blacklist nouveau
    blacklist lbm-nouveau
    blacklist nvidia-173
    blacklist nvidia-96

  • into this
    

    /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf

• Boot into text mode
  • Reboot machine
  • Hold down shift key before GRUB starts so as to go into the grub menu
  • Press E to edit the boot options
  • Add the word "text" (no quotes) to the list of kernel options
  • Press CTRL-X to begin booting into text mode

• Install driver
  • You'll now be at a text console
  • Login
  • Change to the directory where the driver is
  • run "sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.24-pkg1.run" (This file will need to have execute rights)
  • Make sure when it asks if it can modify xorg.conf you allow it.

• Reboot
  • CTRL-ALT-DEL

Hey, presto. Newest driver.