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not able to install nvidia experimental 310.14 driver

Asked by Val Ramos

I've tried numerous times to install the nvidia proprietary and experimental 310 drivers without success. After rebooting from the installation, unity does start but the maximum resolution is 800x600. Also, when I try to access the nvidia settings gui app, my video card is not listed and I receive the error that I am not running the xserver version of the driver. I've tried various different approaches, all unsuccessful. The only thing I can get to work successfully is manually installing the binary 304.60 driver from nvidia's website. If possible, I would really like to get the 310 experimental drivers to work for the purposes of gaming and maximizing my video performance. I have an nvidia geforce go 7900 gs video card in a Dell Inspiron 9400. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I'm on ubuntu 12.10 32 bit.

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#1

Try the commands below. Please copy-paste for accuracy , one by one.
Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and execute:

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates nvidia-settings-updates
sudo nvidia-xconfig
echo "nvidia" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

and reboot your PC.

Thanks

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Best Thomas Krüger (thkrueger) said : 		#2

As listed in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-experimental-310/html/supportedchips.html the 7900 GS is not supported by the 310 driver anymore. The 304 will be a maintained further as a legacy driver.

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Val Ramos (val-ramos) said : 		#3

Thanks to you both for your reply. I can now put this to rest.

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Val Ramos (val-ramos) said : 		#4

Thanks Thomas Krüger, that solved my question.