nVidia drivers in KDE4 (Solved)

[Bongo5HH]

I'm attempting to make a complete switch to KDE4. But I don't know how to get the drivers for my video card installed in it...

Using Restricted Driver Manager in KDE3 and then launching 4 didn't work very well. I could use desktop effects but couldn't use OpenGL.

Help?
Kev

[integr8e]

Re: nVidia drivers in KDE4

Try to stay away from the Restricted Drivers Manager for now, it tends to be a little buggy and can complicate your issues. I've found the easiest and smoothest way to install Nvidia drivers is with Envy. It will download, install, and configure the correct driver for your Nvidia card/GPU, and does an excellent job.

To install it, since you're using Gutsy, you should just be able to click on the .deb package, which will launch Gdebi. If that doesn't work, use the commands

sudo dpkg -i envy*.deb

sudo apt-get install -f

Once Envy is installed, run it with the command

envy -t

Select option "1" to install the Nvidia driver, and let it do its thing. After Envy installs the driver, choose "yes" when asked whether you want Envy to configure your xorg.conf, but "no" when asked if you want to reboot your computer.

Finally, run the command

sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals --composite; sudo reboot

[Bongo5HH]

Re: nVidia drivers in KDE4

This works, although I had to jump into KDE 3 to get envy to install. Simply wouldn't do it in 4.

Thanks!
Kev

[integr8e]

Re: nVidia drivers in KDE4 (Solved)

No problem