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I started using Ubuntu 9.04 few months ago. I can't for the life of me figure out how to install the driver. I installed one nvidia driver from laptop's manufacturer didn't got my native display. I even tried to manually install drivers but still nothing. So can anyone help me how to install the drivers?
Which version of NVIDIA driver are you using? If you are using 190.16 beta driver then I think that is the compatibility issue. I haven't successfully been able to install anything over the 180.44 driver. Also which card are you having?
Its simple, get Synaptic and install on your computer. Synaptic is a graphical package management program and features the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+. Simply go to Synaptic Package Manager and search for NVIDIA 180 driver. Once found, download it and install it from there.
1. Install Synaptic Package Manager and launch Add/Remove
2. Expand System Tools
3. Find and select Nvidia driver. When clicked, you will get the list of supported graphics card.
4. Click on Apply Changes.
5. Go to System - Administration - Hardware Drivers
6. You will get a list of available drivers, select appropriate driver and click on Activate button to install it.
7. Reboot your computer for changes to take effect.
8. Now enable the desktop effects by going to System - Preferences - Appearance and select Normal on the Visual Effects tab.