Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu 9.04

[boggom]

Is there anybody that can help me with a step by step guide how to this. I have come accross some 10 different guides on the net all saying different things. I have a 7300Gt card and just the default installation of Jaunty - I haven't made any changes/ added any repositories. I have downloaded the 173.08, the 180.60 and 185.18.14 drivers, which is best? The main confusion for me is - should the Xorg.config file be altered and if so before or after the installation of the driver...?
I'd be very grateful if somebody can give me a short step-by-step from square one.
Thanks guys.
PS I do not have internet on particular pc.

 

[SlickNick]

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=99513

This is a how to install nvidia driver 185.xxx on your Ubuntu 9.04... Maybe this is useful to other versions, but it was tested by me on 9.04 and developed focused on it.

This is a translated version from the original pt-br version: http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/dica/Instalar...o-Ubuntu-Linux/
Author: brunomacagnani

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1) First step: you must reset the Xorg to its default conf. Before, you should backup it, to avoid any mistakes.

In the Terminal:

$ sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

2) Installing packages and dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

3) Remove old version drivers:

$ sudo apt-get --purge remove $(dpkg -l | grep nvidia | awk '{print $2}')

Download the driver from nvidia website. You must repect your system architecture (x86, 64...)

4) In my case: Ubuntu 32:

$ wget ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x...185.19-pkg1.run -O NVIDIA-Linux-185.pkg.run

5) Now, move the installer to /usr/src and link it. Follows:

$ sudo install NVIDIA-Linux-185.pkg.run /usr/src/
$ sudo ln -s /usr/src/NVIDIA-Linux-185.pkg.run /usr/src/nvidia-driver

Kill X:
6) Time to stop X e o GDM. So, press "Ctrl+Alt+F1", login and stop gdm:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

Instalação NVIDIA
7) Installing:

$ sudo sh /usr/src/nvidia-driver

8) When it is done, restart your computer:

$ sudo reboot

After boot up, go to terminal and:

$ sudo nvidia-xconfig
(I didn't need to do this, but this step is in the origial step-by-step)

Thats' is all!

 

[sn3rd]

All that should be required is

sudo aptitude install nvidial-glx-180

 

[SlickNick]

Yup, but he has no inet on the box, and downloaded the drivers individually.

 

[sn3rd]

Yup, but he has no inet on the box, and downloaded the drivers individually.

Missed that one, my bad

 

[boggom]

Thanks guys.

I got it right the first time I tried again. Had quite a bit of practise the weekend and even got mp3's to play as well as installed Compiz Fusion to get the cubed desktop going. (I'm sure it could have been easier with an Internet connection using "apt get" but it's good to struggle a bit.) Very chuffed.
Learning Linux (Ubuntu) slowly but surely....