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Problem installing NVIDIA Driver on Ubuntu 7.10

Asked by stinger05

Hi guys, I have a question in which might help me and many other Ubuntu users around the world. I want to install the NVIDIA proprietary drivers (the one directly from NVIDIA). Some of you might ask me why and some might not even recommend me to do so, especially on Ubuntu. The only reason is that I want to do it manually offline, meaning that I have pc's that do not have an Internet connection. Anyway let's get down to work. First I'd like to indicate that I tried many ways to disable the X server, but ended up with no luck. For example, I tried pressing ctrl+alt+F1 (to get in the console) then typed “sudo /etc/init.d/gdm” stop => which the setup program of the NVIDIA .run file kept on telling me that X server is still running. I also tried typing: “sudo killall Xorg”. The good news here is that it killed the X server, but the comical bad news is that it restarted the X server or should I say logged into Ubuntu from the beginning. The big question here is thats is there anyway to stop the X server manually in order to install the NVIDIA proprietary drivers so I could get along easily with my 3D accelerator and enjoy the 3d effects in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) ?

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Froy (froy02) said : 		#1

I did not install the new Nvidia driver manually but I installed the new one restricteddriver by Ubuntu using the synaptics package manager by marking the old drivers for removal and marking the new ones for installation. It worked for me. They should be on the in the sysnaptics packaga managerlit of packages. Then check if it installed properly by checking from the Menu, System> Administration> Restricted Drivers Manager. If the enabled it would have check mark in the enable box then you're all set. If not, just enable it. You might want to reboot.

Note: When I tried to install the Nvidia-setting and Nvidia-xconfig it crashed so I did not install those. Up to this time I do not know which of the 2 caused the crash. I am waiting for a sale on hard drives so that I could experiment with Ubuntu some more because I am tired of windows OS and I like Ubuntu. At this time time both my desktops using Nvidia cards are very stable.

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stinger05 (zyrex5) said : 		#2

sorry but i still need an answer for how to install the drivers manually and how to stop X server (in the terminal)

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Roald (roald) said : 		#3

You need to type:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

Not sure if you typed the quotes you put in your question, that may be the problem. This command should stop all xorg processes and you should be able to follow the instructions for the manual NVidia driver install.

Still, I would suggest downloading the deb file from the repositories, then copying it to the offline machines and install from there instead. As far as I know with the manual install you have to go through the installation on every kernel upgrade, so a bit of work every time.
To download the package only instead of installing it straight away use:

sudo apt-get install -d nvidia-glx-new

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Qwerty Maniac (qwertymaniac) said : 		#4

Why don't you use Envy to manually install Nvidia's Drivers instead? It is the same minus the hassles.

Check:
http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

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stinger05 (zyrex5) said : 		#5

okay guys i think i caught the problem. It seemed that I couldn't close the X server "while running on the livecd, so I'll try to install it on my pc tomorrow and hopefully it should work.. :) anyway thx alot guys.. really appreciate it......