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nvidia restricted drivers does not show up in jockey; i.e. nvidia ion

Asked by Mark Cariaga

I just want to know if there's a better way to install the 185.xx drivers other than going to cli.. Currently I do not have the time to go through terminal and install the driver manually.. I'm currently using 180.44 from synaptic.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

So you don't have time to go through terminal. But you have time to post a question on a forum and wait for an answer. Doesnt that seem strange to you?

Here is a guide:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1125400&highlight=nvidia+185

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Mark Cariaga (mzc) said : 		#2

just got a newborn :) hope you understand. LOL
On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 13:09 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #77433 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77433
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> So you don't have time to go through terminal. But you have time to post
> a question on a forum and wait for an answer. Doesnt that seem strange
> to you?
>
> Here is a guide:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1125400&highlight=nvidia+185
>

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Gotcha

All I can suggest is doing it the normal way, it takes like 2 minutes.

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Mark Cariaga (mzc) said : 		#4

nvidia restricted driver still does not show up on the gui....but works fine using cli.. I was able to install the 185.18 driver using the how to from the ubuntu forums:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1125400&highlight=nvidia+ion

this also fixes computer from crashes when opening power management.

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Mark Cariaga (mzc) said : 		#5

thanks actionparsnip for having time reading through my question. :) kudos to Ian for coming up with the how to...much better than instruction from the nvidia site.