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    Is there a safe way to upgrade nvidia driver to latest (non-repos) version?

    This weekend I attempted to use the command-line method of installing the 180 version of the nvidia driver... and failed, (probably because I forgot to un-install the previous version first).. I ended up doing a clean re-install of everything. Now back to the 177 "recommended' nvidia driver.

    I'm still seeing flaky display behavior (system tray goes partially blank - right-mouse click will correct it - go figure) and other things and am hoping that an upgrade to the 180 version might fix a few more things.

    But I *really* don't want to screw up my x-window environment. Is there a safe straight-forward way to do this?

    In case it matters: I'm running a Gigabyte GeForce 7600 GS AGP board

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    Re: Is there a safe way to upgrade nvidia driver to latest (non-repos) version?

    This (#3) is how I do it:

    http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...4892#msg164892

    I installed the Beta driver 180.27 the other night and it is working fine.

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      Re: Is there a safe way to upgrade nvidia driver to latest (non-repos) version?

      Thanks for the pointer - and the procedure. Took me a few tries, but I finally got it. So far the beta *does* seem better. Not perfect, but much better.

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