LXer: NVIDIA 100.14.11 Display Driver
 

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It was just two weeks ago that NVIDIA had introduced the 100.14.09 display driver, but today we have another new Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD driver out from the green binary camp. The NVIDIA 100.14.11 display driver adds support for their new GeForce 7 integrated graphics, fixes console restoration problems, and improves some other areas of their Linux (as well as FreeBSD and Solaris) driver.

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install?
 

I recently did I clean install of ubuntu 7.04 on a new computer that I put together. The video card that is installed is an nVidia GeForce 7100 GS. I downloaded the 100.14.11 driver from here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d...100.14.11.html
however, when I type: I get an error that tells me that the installation cannot continue because an x server is running. Fine, control+alt+f1 and I try it again. Still no avail, same error.
reveals that there are some x components running (x-session-manager). How might I go about correctly installing this driver? My eventual goal is to get beryl running by enabling direct rendering!

Cheers!

I am not familiar with Ubuntu 7.04, but entering the following command in a terminal window as root (or use sudo) should successfully shut down x:

init 3

After you are done, issuing the following command should restart the GUI:

init 5

If that command does not give you the expected result, issue the following command to restart your computer:

shutdown -r now

Thanks!
 

I did a little bit more poking around and I figured it out! Thanks a lot.
Also got beryl running. If anybody still needs help with it I'd be more than happy to assist!

Cheers!