You might need to select System/Administration/Software Sources and enable 3rd party sources so that when you do the previous instruction it can find the actual driver automatically.
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Thomas Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks MaNean, I think I tried something like this but ran into > a difficulty but will pursue it further. > > Sorry about the time on the previous post, hopefully it has been > fixed ;) > > Tom > > MacNean Tyrrell wrote: >> >> Just use the install restricted driver through Ubuntu, >> System->Administration->Hardware Drivers, if Ubuntu detected a Nvidia >> graphics card it will list NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version >> ###) >> , one should have recommended next to it, oh wait this is for 8.10, um >> 8.04 >> should be similiar, something like restricted drivers or something in the >> same place. >> >> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Thomas Moore >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have just installed Ubuntu 8.04.1 AMD64 and I want to install >>> the appropriate NVIDIA driver. The install program tells me >>> to turn off the X server but it is not clear to me how to do >>> this on Ubuntu. Whatever I do either returns me to the log in >>> or shuts off the machine. Is there a straight forward way to >>> do this? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> -- >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
