Did I do something right or what?

[kbobpur]

I have an MSI NX 6600 video card in this computer. I recently downloaded the drivers (I think?) for it. I thought I did a good job but when I rebooted, There was no nvidia splash screen. Is this normal for Kubuntu? My only other linux experience was Ubuntu. There you had a splash screen if you did a proper download/install.
Also, I noticed the openGL screensavers quit working. The command to see if "nv" was changed to "nvidia" in the sources list includes "gedit." I kept getting an error message that stated " gedit command not found"
So, Did I do something right or what?
Oh, BTW, I'm a newbie to linux if you haven't figured that out yet
Thanks for the help.

[caserio]

Re: Did I do something right or what?

Hi,

Gedit is not installed by default. In Kubuntu, use kate instead.

Yes, you should see the Nvidia splash screen.

[kbobpur]

Re: Did I do something right or what?

Thanks for the reply. I'll go back and try to find what went wrong.

[aysiu]

Re: Did I do something right or what?

Just make sure that if you're editing something with root privileges that you use

kdesu kate

instead of

sudo kate

[kbobpur]

Re: Did I do something right or what?

Asyiu,
I finally figured out that something was wrong with "sudo gedit..." at least for me.
The first line at Arnieboys site said that automatix worked with Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu. I did not know about "kdesu kate."
I wonder if this is why my download of Automatix is messed up. See my post at Arnieboys "How to install Automatix" post One hundred fifteen

Thanx!