Installing Nvidia Graphics for GeForce 8800 GTS on Ubuntu 7.04
I am trying to get my Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GTS to work to its full potential with my Samsung Synchmaster 226BW LCD screen (Actually I'd be happy just to get the resolution set to the screen's native resolution of 1680x1050) .
MyCompetency Level: Linux Newbie, (ab)user of applications (rather than programmer / developer), fairly uncomfortable in command line mode.
O/S: Ubuntu 7.04
Kernel: 2.6.20-
Hardware:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
RAM: 2GB Kingston DDR2-800
M/B: Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi-AP
Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GTS
Screen: Samsung Synchmaster 226BW LCD
Disks: 2 x Seagate 320GB SATA
I've tried to use the nvidia-glx and nvidia-
I have reinstated the original /etc/X11/xorg.conf file which uses the "versa" driver and will not provide more than 1024x768 screen resolution (even after adding a higher resolution to the xorg.conf file).
Looking at the guidelines for installing the Nvidia supplied driver package:
http://
I have worked through the compatibility checks listed there but several of the checks do not result in a positive result:
Software Element Min Requirement Check With...
XFree86/X.Org 4.0.1/6.7 XFree86 -version/Xorg -version
Both alternative checks result in a "no such file or directory" response
Q1: How do I confirm the version of X.Org installed?
Kernel modutils 2.1.121 insmod -v
"insmod: can't read '-v' : no such file or directory"
Q2: Looks like the command is incomplete???
glibc 2.0 ls /lib/libc.so.* > 6
results in no response.
Modifying the command to "ls /lib/libc.so.*" results in "/lib/libc.so.6" being listed.
Q3: How does this relate to the Nvidia minimum requirement for version 2.0?
The Nvidia guide also recommends changing the run level during the installation but I can not find the file referred to in the guide: /etc/inittab
Q4: Is this setting addressed elsewhere or is the file hidden some where else?
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