Hello,I need help xD!

[Guest]

Well i installed Kubuntu 9.04 on my machine and i just downloaded Ndivia driver
Well,the driver is a .run file
and i dont know how to install it...
i tried on terminal:
sudo -i

cd '/file/location/'

then sh filename.run

No success...

Please help me,How to i install .run files

[arochester]

Re: Hello,I need help xD!

First
You should have looked in your Menu for a thing called 'Hardware Drivers'. It will probably automatically identify your video card. If you press the Activate button it will download and install the correct Nvidia driver. But it tends to be s-l-o-w so allow it plenty of time to work. Then reboot and it should work

Second
If you have to use Nvidia direct, the Nvidia site will tell you how to run the program - so please look! I'm using Crunchbang at the moment, rather than Kubuntu, but my recollection is that you need to stop KDM, run from console mode and restart KDM

Thirdly
There is also Envy, available from repository - which again should automaticall handle things.

[doctordruidphd]

Re: Hello,I need help xD!

One way of doing it is:

CTRL-ALT-F2
login
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
cd wherever-the-nvidia-file-is
sudo sh ./NVIDIA-whatever-it-is
sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start

[13thSlayer]

Re: Hello,I need help xD!

I guess it is simply an executable file. Just make it executable

cd /wherever/it/is
sudo chmod +x whatever.run

and run it normally, like, with dolphin.