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Nvidia drivers in Kubuntu so I can run Beryl
I've read so many conflicting sites on how to get Beryl running in Kubuntu, but I almost got it going using a site that gets pointed to the most.
I may not have come to the right conclusion, but from things I've read, I may be running into issues because, according to a few websites, the Nvidia graphics drivers that come with Kubuntu won't support full-fledged 3d--so I went to Nvidia's website and downloaded the drivers.
Then, after spending 10 minutes trying to find a way to exit the xserver, generally finding "init 3" as the answer but it never worked, then I hit ctrl-shift and other keys mixed with f1 in hopes I could get to the text screen. Then I try init 3 again. It just returns me to the next line--it still didn't work because when I try to install the driver, it still says my x-server is running. Then I hold ctrl+shift+every key on the keyboard with no luck in switching back to my desktop. So I hit ctrl+alt+delete and restart.
Then I log back in without the x-server, try to install the drivers, and it tells me that that no precompiled kernel interface was found (mine is 64bit) so it needs to download it--it can't connect (even though my net connection is fine) so then it tries to compile an interface for my kernel. I'm missing LIBC header files.
So then I try
sudo apt-get install libc
Nope, that's not valid. Then I do more research--maybe they're meaning glibc.
sudo apt-get install glibc
Nope, that's not valid. I don't know what to do now.
As I may not even be tackling the right problem with getting Beryl to work, I just don't know.....
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