Howto install Nvidia 190.25 (beta) drivers in ubuntu Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy

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190.25 (beta) is currently under development and most notably it brings support for OpenGL 3.2. The NVIDIA 190.25 driver update just brings fixes and no additional features, but it now supports rejecting video modes based upon DisplayPort bandwidth to fix some corruption issues, an initialization fix for some NVIDIA mobile GPUs, a workaround for an X Server bug, and a nvidia-settings crash fix when displaying GPU information with Xinerama.


Note:- This is still in beta version not recommended to install on production systems.This is only for advanced users and your system might break after installing these drivers.

First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add one of the following lines

For Jaunty users

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

For Intrepid Users

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

For Hardy Users

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

Save and exit the file

Install GPG key using the following command

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys CEC06767

Update source list

sudo apt-get update

Install beta drivers

sudo apt-get install nvidia-190-modaliases nvidia-glx-190

you can activate the drivers from System > Administration > Hardware Drivers

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