Hi everyone.
I'm an absolute noob to linux, so please bear with me. I have ubuntu 7.04 installed and an nvidia 5200 video card, along with a 3 ghz intel p4 processor and on a computer with no internet access. I tried to activate the nvidia driver from the restricted drivers list, and the dialog box popped up and i hit enable driver. However, when it goes back to the main restricted driver screen, the check box remains unchecked and the driver is still unactivated.

So then i went to the nvidia site and downloaded their driver file, a .run. I tried to install it using the instructions provided (type sh <driver file> in the terminal) but that didnt work either.

So finally i found a .deb package, and tried to install it by double clicking, then using the package manager. After doing that, i finally got a descriptive error message:
problem is, i have absolutley no idea what this means.
Can somebody give me a hand here?

You need to install the nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762 http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/vi...ernel-1.0.8762

This site may be of use to you: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~djm/ubuntu/#nvidia-driver

uuargh!

It's all in the repositories! Don't install 3'rd party packages. You don't even need the original nvidia installer. I had the exact same card.

I think all you need to do is run is:

$ sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-$(uname -r)

Always look for answers at www.ubuntuguide.org
So don't even take my word for it.

Okay, thanks. I'll give it a shot.