nvidia geforce go 7400

[sauvik]

I have installed Kubuntu 7.04 on my HP Pavilion dv5118tx , which has nvidia geforce go 7400 graphics card.
I am new to linux.
It seems I need to install nvidia drivers to run applications like 3D desktop. Where can I find these drivers and how do I install them ??

[claydoh]

Re: nvidia geforce go 7400

it should be relatively simple for you.
You need to install the package called 'nvidia-glx-new' in Adept Manager to install the proprietary drivers,
then either modify your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file by hand to change the driver from "nv" to "nvidia", or you can run a simple command to to this for you:

sudo nvidia-glx-config enable

Then reboot.

It should work well, but as there are so many hardware configurations out there, I would suggest searching here, ubuntu's forums, ubuntu's wiki and even a general google search on your laptop and video card to see if there are any issues to look for.