I have an Nvidia GeForce 7300 video card on my system, an i wan't to know how to install drivers for it on my computer, if alien is required i already have it... Any help would be great!, I just wan't to get everything working properly.

You can install the drivers from the repositories - see this page on the Ubuntu Wiki for more details.

If you have any problems, ask here and we will help.

--Ian

Hey, I looked at that and it confused me more, because -" In the Software Preferences dialog that comes up, click the Add button." that didn't come up or something, the istructions said click OK and the button wasn't even on the screen? I skipped ahead and i'm not sure what's up, but nvidia xconfig doesn't work which was asked for later on, Is there not a way to DOWNLAD and Install the driver from a different source or way?.. if not, i don't know if there;s another way to help me?, Thanks very much, MJ

Perhaps an easier way would be to edit /etc/apt/sources.list:
and enable the "universe" and "multiverse" repositories. Simply change the lines for the main repository to look like this:
IE add the words restriced universe multiverse at the end of the lines.

Then run Then install the required packages:
When it has completed, run Restart your computer, or just ctrl-alt-backspace to exit the X-Server. When X restarts, you should see the Nvidia logo which means that everything is installed OK.

I hope this helps
--Ian

Hello, i have entered a new problem, seeing as i turned off my computer after trying to install the drivers the first time, when i tryed to boot into ubuntu (i dual boot with windows XP) i got an error saying "Failed to start X server (graphic....) It is likely it is not setup correctly?, would you like to see a log?" i select no, then a screen comes up that says "X server turned off, restart GPU when it is configured correctly Ok?" i select ok, and i get a black screen, and nothing happens. I don't know where or how to fix this, or if reinstalling ubuntu is a good option, a good clean start?, I would appreaceate help in deciding what to do.. if someone knows how to fix it, or if i should reinstall ubuntu, I could reinstall it without harming windows right?, seeing as all my important files are on my windows partitions anyhow. Thanks, MJ....

P.S. Just so you know my GPU uses PCI Express, in case that changes someting, Thanks MJ

Don't reinstall. This is a minor problem, and you certainly don't need to reinstall Linux to fix a minor problem

Try Select the "nvidia" driver when prompted. When it has finished, run "startx" to see if it works. If it doesn't, then reconfigure again and select the "nv" driver.

Have you installed the drivers like I posted above? If not, try installing them properly using the above commands from the console before you do the above.

--Ian

Ok, i could try that, the problem being, i cannot get into the OS, so do i do that on recovery mode or what?, MJ P.S., i didn't get the chance to install the drive properly, and i think that is why this error appears, after i initially tried to install the drivers, i turned my computer off, today i turned it on to try again with the new instructions, and that is when i confronted this error, which is not allowing me to load UBUNTU Os, i think i said this but I dual boot with XP and that is how i am writting right now, MJ

You have loaded Ubuntu. The GUI just failed to load. You should have a blank screen where you can login with your normal username and password.

Once you have logged in, then run the above commands again, and see if that helps

--Ian

Thanks for all the help, I got the drivers installed correctly and "nvidia" logo flashes on booting .

I followed this install, which seem to install well, no errors

My system tells me its using Restricted Drivers

it that normal

I know on my FC6 install I was able to access the NVIDIA GUI settings. do you get that with this install

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=558768

I allso dont see the NVIDIA logo on start up

TT

The restricted drivers thing is normal, do you get a black screen with writing on boot up? and as far as i know, this does not include the NVIDIA Gui, always here to help where i can... good luck..

I did have a crash because i removed what I installed, I got a Black screen then it came up with the a blue screen with lots of arrows asking me to set the driver again.

I ran this again

sudo aptitude install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r` nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-glx

and every thing went back to normal, still no NVIDIA logo at boot up.

TT

well to tell you the truth lately Ive installed the drivers this way ...

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals --composite

but I did do it with these instuctions in the past when i had 6.10 ... i think it is all fine as long as everything works good...