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Installing an Nvidia graphics driver in Ubuntu (100% newbie to Linux)

Asked by Lars EF

I have just installed Ubuntu, which is my very first experience with Linux in general. I've looked through the installed devices and see that there are two devices, which is not installed. One is my soundcard (ESI Maya44 MK2 PCI) and the other one is my XFX GeForce 8xxx graphicscard.

I've tried looking through the web for some clue how to install the gfx card driver (nevermind the soundcard for now) but have so far failed to find any kind of comprehensible explanation on how to install the driver. All I can find, are command line expressions that could have been written in sanskrit for all I know :)

Please help me and don't be afraid to teach it to me like I was a 3-year old! :D

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matatk (matatk) said : 		#1

You're reporting your problem in a place designed for people to ask questions about Launchpad, the software development service. The right place to ask your question may be the Ubuntu Linux user forums -- http://ubuntuforums.org/.

I hope you find the answer to your question there.

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Christian Reis (kiko) said : 		#2

(Well, actually, Ubuntu uses Launchpad Answers, too, so what you should do is just retarget this question to Ubuntu in the +edit page. Doing so now :-)

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Christian Reis (kiko) said : 		#3

Moving back to Open.

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Gord Allott (gordallott) said : 		#4

you can use the restricted drivers manager to install the nvidia drivers (system->administration->restricted drivers manager) or enable the restricted repository and run
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new

you can find more information here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia

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ashish_envy (ashish-envy) said : 		#5

i m using nvidia Geforce 7300LE graphic card in my Desktop . i m unable to install the graphic card driver in ubuntu .....
i have just switch to ubuntu from windows .
please help me .......

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