NVIDIA drivers on ubuntu?

[Rick]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> wrote:

> On Friday 05 June 2009, Rick wrote:
> > I have just installed ubuntu jaunty jackalope on my PC and can't get the
> > NVIDIA drivers to load.
> >
> > I installed server, then added gnome-desktop. If I go into "add drivers"
> > NVIDIA shows up. I click on install, and I get a text box showing the
> > drivers were installed, but a reboot fails to load the GUI.
> >
> > I did some research and downloaded NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run
> > and ran it.
>
>
>
> Using the envy-ng  package did it for me....  NVidia works better than in
> Intrepid.
>
> Once loaded up, use    envyng  -t    from a console line to run it.
> ______________________
>
Thanks, Bruce. That worked a treat. My screen resolution now matches my
monitor: 1400x900

I'm using Firefox from my ubuntu server to type this.

~Rick
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