nvidia GeForce GT540M probs...

[japer85]

hi all,
im not sure what im doing wrong here to install the graphics card....
I have tried "additional drivers", tried to do manual install using terminal from the Ultimate Editions help pdf....
nothing has worked so far...
I have updated many times, and so far, no luck...
my spec is
ASUS 73K
i7-2630
8GBRAM
750GB X2
Intel HD + Nvidia GeForce GT 540M (both 1gb)

after i install the graphics card, my screen res goes down to 600X400... (i have installed the recommanded driver from Additional drivers)
I cant seemed to to do "sudo nvidia-xconfig"...

[pam]

remove/uninstall nvidia drivers.

Go to Nvidia drivers website and download and install this drivers .

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-disp ... river.html

[japer85]

i cant run .run file, and i cant see the botton for disabling the card...
the screen res @ 640 X 460 doesnt help me see much on screen T.T

[pch.shot]

Maybe the Intel driver is causing interference.
Try disabling one and then the other.

[japer85]

aight, ill do that after reinstalling Ultimate Edition 3.4

[Micro]

You cannot run the .run? Try downloading the NVidia Drive as Pam said and copy it to the /opt dir. Reboot into recovery and cd to /opt then run sh NVidiadriveryoudownloaded.run. It will disable the appropriate driver(noveau), then ask you if you want 32libs(yes) and offer to config xorg for you(yes), then compile for your kernel. Note you may have to reboot after NVidia disables the noveau driver, as it will say fail on installation, then rerun the driver again and it will complete. If it barks at you about a gcc compatibility, you can choose to override the installer by selecting no. Just make sure you have the kernel-package, headers and source installed. Hope this helps. On a good note, bye using this method, no matter what happens next whether a kernel update breaks x or if you want to upgrade your kernel to latest, you can always repeat this process again and drive on...

[japer85]

i cant copy the file...

[japer85]

aight, thats what i will do next

[japer85]

not working...
from what i can see i should be doing
sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-86X_64-310.19.run
since this is the version from nvidia...
comes up with sh: 0: Can't open........

so.. whats the next step do i take?

[pam]

try this:

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sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-86X_64-310.19.run

or

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sudo bash NVIDIA-Linux-86X_64-310.19.run

you made a mistake and typed ./

need to go to the path of it and then type as above.

NOTE: driver name above is incorrect please check nvidia website and the downloaded file name and use tab completion for error free installation