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    NVidia drivers not installing

    Well, I took the leap and installed 8.10 over the weekend.
    So far everything seems to be ok except I can't get the NVidia restricted drivers to install.
    I have a XFX 8600 GT XXX video card. Any help would be appreciated.
    &quot;Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it&#39;s from Neptune.&quot; ~Noam Chomsky<br /><br />Gigabyte MB, AMD 64x2 6000, 2 Gigs Patriot DDR2, XFX GeForce 8600GT XXX, 400Gig WD SATA HDD &amp; 1TB WD SATA HDD.
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    Re: NVidia drivers not installing

    What exactly is happening when you try to install them?

    If you're running into a problem I've seen more than once, you may need to "sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/1*" and then re-install the nvidia drivers.
    Specs:&nbsp; Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (@3Ghz), G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 1066, ASUS Striker II Formula MB, Asus EN9800GTX+ Dark Knight, ABS Tagan BZ800 PS, Antec 900 Case.
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      #3
      Re: NVidia drivers not installing

      Hello,

      I installed nvidia drivers for my GeForce 8500GT card using command

      sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-177

      Hope this will help you also.

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        Re: NVidia drivers not installing

        I'll have to give that a shot tonight. Haven't had much time to mess with it, but plan to try and get a couple things working tonight after work.
        Thanks.
        &quot;Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it&#39;s from Neptune.&quot; ~Noam Chomsky<br /><br />Gigabyte MB, AMD 64x2 6000, 2 Gigs Patriot DDR2, XFX GeForce 8600GT XXX, 400Gig WD SATA HDD &amp; 1TB WD SATA HDD.
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          Re: NVidia drivers not installing

          If the glx packaged driver doesn't work, I had great luck today with the beta 177.76 driver, downloaded from here:

          http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=119682

          Thanks to Steve555 for the tip.
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            Re: NVidia drivers not installing

            Originally posted by dibl
            If the glx packaged driver doesn't work, I had great luck today with the beta 177.76 driver, downloaded from here:

            http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=119682

            Thanks to Steve555 for the tip.
            The package should work, unless your dkms directory has multiple versions in it (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...24/+bug/261816 for solution).

            I'm running the latest package right now, which is also v177.76.

            -J
            Specs:&nbsp; Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (@3Ghz), G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 1066, ASUS Striker II Formula MB, Asus EN9800GTX+ Dark Knight, ABS Tagan BZ800 PS, Antec 900 Case.
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              Re: NVidia drivers not installing

              Ok, so one problem is solved. I ran the Adept Updater and the NVidia driver is now installed and working. YAY!!
              but..... now when I go into system settings and try to enable desktop effects, my screen just goes black and I have to reboot to be able to see anything again.
              Any thoughts on that one?
              &quot;Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it&#39;s from Neptune.&quot; ~Noam Chomsky<br /><br />Gigabyte MB, AMD 64x2 6000, 2 Gigs Patriot DDR2, XFX GeForce 8600GT XXX, 400Gig WD SATA HDD &amp; 1TB WD SATA HDD.
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                Re: NVidia drivers not installing

                How did you install that driver after installing that package? When I run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, it wont ask me for the driver at all and when I use old xorg.conf, it does not work.
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                  Re: NVidia drivers not installing

                  After I had run the all the updates, I just went to KMenu >Applications >System >Hardware Drivers and installed the NVidia driver from there.
                  Still having weird issues every now and then but, I am just chalking it up to 8.10 not being final yet.
                  &quot;Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it&#39;s from Neptune.&quot; ~Noam Chomsky<br /><br />Gigabyte MB, AMD 64x2 6000, 2 Gigs Patriot DDR2, XFX GeForce 8600GT XXX, 400Gig WD SATA HDD &amp; 1TB WD SATA HDD.
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                    Re: NVidia drivers not installing

                    I was having a heck of a time getting mine to work for my laptop. But was able to via ENVYNG last night, the auto install didn't work so I went the manual route and that worked perfect.



                    Originally posted by CVPunk
                    Well, I took the leap and installed 8.10 over the weekend.
                    So far everything seems to be ok except I can't get the NVidia restricted drivers to install.
                    I have a XFX 8600 GT XXX video card. Any help would be appreciated.
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                      Re: NVidia drivers not installing

                      Seemed like an appropriate place to ask...

                      Does anyone have a definitive answer to the question of how should I get my nvidia driver for II? I just noticed with the beta that 177.? is now available with Restricted Driver Manager... or there is the sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-177 method or the great EnvyNG....

                      So which should I use and why Since I have a 7600GT I am going to need to be able to get the latest and greatest bug fix releases to perhaps ever see a non-corrupted desktop... and so if the Restricted Driver Manager will be "locked" in it's offerings at 8.10 launch (like hardy apparently is), then that won't work... any thoughts anyone?
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                        Re: NVidia drivers not installing

                        On a clean install from today's daily build, trying to install from hardware drivers (jockey), nothing happened. After updating adept and searching for nvidia, I noticed the Nvidia's kernel headers are not installed. After installing the required header, I went back to hardware drivers selected the driver and all installed correctly.
                        Kubuntu 10.10 64bit<br />KDE 4.5.3<br />Kernel: 2.6.35.22 generic<br />Nvidia Driver: 260.19.06<br />Dell Dimension 9200 - Core 2 Duo 6300 - 3GB Ram<br />Nvidia Geforce 7900GS<br /><br />Linux user since March 2004<br />Linux user #526793
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                          Re: NVidia drivers not installing

                          I used the downloaded 177.78 beta driver yesterday, on the 2.6.27-5 kernel (after installing the kernel-headers). It works perfectly, as far as I can tell. Runs Compiz, gives decent glxgears performance, etc.

                          jockey-kde didn't work for me either -- that was the first thing I tried.
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