Nvidia Driver Woes...

[d0ugb]

Okay this is my first attempt with ubuntu, however i have been an avid gentoo user fro a while, and i never had an issue getting this driver to work with my hardware before. I have a GForce FX 5700 Go, and i have gotten the driver to install and compile correctly, however when ever i try to sudo modprobe nvidia i get this error:

dhbishop@lappy:~$ sudo modprobe nvidia
FATAL: Error running install command for nvidia
dhbishop@lappy:~$

Is there something that im missing that is keeping this from loading properly, and help that i can get would be awsome.

[SheeEttin]

Re: Nvidia Driver Woes...

Well, if you want to do it the hard way, find the install command (probably in /etc/modprobe.d somewhere), execute it, and see what it spits out.

If you want the easier way, remove what you have installed and use Envy.

[b0uncyfr0]

Re: Nvidia Driver Woes...

If you want the easier way, remove what you have installed and use Envy.

Definitely, its the best choice you have for setting up 3d drivers.

[moir]

Re: Nvidia Driver Woes...

I had the same problem with the same output. I could install the driver by:
sudo insmod /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile/nvidia.ko
And then reload kdm to get X running:
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm restart
But clearly this wouldn't work every boot-up.

sudo depmod -a
Solved it.