How to install Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu Feisty or later versions
Posted by admin on February 22nd, 2008 
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First you need to make sure you have nvidia disply card go to System—> Administration— > Restricted Drivers Manager
Now you should see similar to the following screen here you need to Check the box to enable the drivers
Enable Nvidia drivers popup here you need to select Enable Driver
Downloading the nvidia drivers in progress
Installing the software in progress
Nvidia Drivers installation completed.Now you need to reboot your machine to start using your nvidia drivers.
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February 22nd, 2008 at 8:49 am
Yeah, that’s great for n00bs (I was one). The driver that the repositories call “glx-new” are not new. The newest nVIDIA Linux driver is 169.09 which you won’t see for another year from the repositories, I’m sure. Idiotic Imp? Jolly Juxtaposition? Klever Klump? Merry Marigold? Where do they get the names for the releases, anyway? All you have to do is download the newest driver from nVIDIA’s website, press Ctrl+Alt+F1, stop Gnome/KDE/Xfce, install the driver, start Gnome/KDE/Xfce, and you’re done. Badda-bing, badda boom. Just watch the Update Manager and don’t install a kernel update. Don’t worry, Hardy Heron is on it’s way.
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:16 am
The next version after Hardy Heron will be called Intrepid Ibex, and will be released in October. The names are Adjective Animal. That should’ve been the codename for the first release! Mark Shuttleworth chooses the names, and I think they’ve been descriptive and unique. That’s marketing.
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
When i click on enable driver nothing happens & dialog box just closes. Any help????????
October 24th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Well I got a 6600GT AGP. And now I suddenly have a max resolution of 740*400. And I can’t disable the driver anymore
November 10th, 2008 at 8:50 am
I’ve got Hardy Heron installed on my PC at the moment,my current graphics card is an Nvidia 7900GS,when I go into the relevant menus to enable the driver,it says that it’s already enabled,I don’t have an internet connection at home so I can’t download it using my PC,I have to use an eMac at work.
Wouldn’t it be so much easier to offer a CD or DVD of Drivers that can be ordered through the mail at the Ubuntu website?