Wait a minute ...
Before doing what I said in my last post, please post your
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
In the Section "Device" part, make sure it says: Driver "nvidia", and not nouveau or something else.
Also, while you are at it, edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and add blacklist nouveau to the end of the file like I previously instructed. Then reboot.
Your output of: aptitude search nvidia indicated that you already have the nvidia-current driver installed. Please post your /etc/X11xorg.conf file.

I really appreciate everyone's patience and time on this. This is really bothering me but after following your directions, Tom, I'm still having the same problem. Everything went fine till I got to this point:

sudo: nvidia-xconfig: command not found

I don't know the full path of this command.

I still went ahead and made the change to the blacklist.conf file.


kendall@Prisoner2:~$ aptitude search nvidia
p nvidia-173 - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module a
p nvidia-173-dev - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver development file
p nvidia-173-kernel-source - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-173-ke
pi nvidia-173-modaliases - Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org dri
p nvidia-180-kernel-source - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185-ke
p nvidia-180-libvdpau - Transitional package for nvidia-185-libvdp
p nvidia-180-libvdpau-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-185-libvdp
p nvidia-180-modaliases - Transitional package for nvidia-185-modali
p nvidia-185-kernel-source - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185-ke
p nvidia-185-libvdpau - Transitional package for nvidia-185-libvdp
p nvidia-185-libvdpau-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-185-libvdp
p nvidia-185-modaliases - Transitional package for nvidia-185-modali
p nvidia-96 - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module a
p nvidia-96-dev - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver development file
p nvidia-96-kernel-source - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-96-ker
pi nvidia-96-modaliases - Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org dri
p nvidia-cg-toolkit - NVIDIA Cg Toolkit Installer
pi nvidia-common - Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
i nvidia-current - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module a
p nvidia-current-dev - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver development file
pi nvidia-current-modaliases - Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org dri
p nvidia-glx-173 - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-173
p nvidia-glx-173-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-173-de
p nvidia-glx-180 - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185
p nvidia-glx-180-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185-de
p nvidia-glx-185 - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185
p nvidia-glx-185-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185-de
p nvidia-glx-96 - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-96
p nvidia-glx-96-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-96-dev
p nvidia-kernel-common - NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
i A nvidia-settings - Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics dr

I don't have anything in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. That file is not in that directory.

kendall@Prisoner2:/etc/X11$ ls -la
total 96
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2010-08-11 09:23 .
drwxr-xr-x 137 root root 12288 2010-08-11 17:43 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-29 07:43 app-defaults
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-29 07:43 cursors
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14 2010-04-29 07:44 default-display-manager
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2010-04-29 07:39 fonts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17394 2009-12-03 04:56 rgb.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2010-08-10 12:38 X -> /usr/bin/Xorg
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-04-29 07:43 xinit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-15 07:12 xkb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1312 2010-08-11 09:19 xorg.conf.backup
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270 2010-08-11 17:31 xorg.conf.failsafe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 709 2010-04-01 06:19 Xreset
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-29 07:24 Xreset.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-29 07:24 Xresources
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3730 2010-04-01 06:07 Xsession
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-08-10 14:23 Xsession.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 2008-07-01 12:41 Xsession.options
-rw------- 1 root root 601 2010-04-29 07:24 Xwrapper.config

BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia - Community Ubuntu Documentation : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bi...erHowto/Nvidia
blacklisting nouveau is not needed
Follow the Guide on the Ubuntu documentation page.

Sounds good. Follow the stuff Craigevil quoted from:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bi...erHowto/Nvidia
Especially the stuff in his second quote. That may indeed be why you are getting a "command not found" message when you run: sudo nvidia-xconfig.
Hope this works. I'm running out of ideas.

"We have movement!!!" LOL!!! You were absolutely correct, Craigevil! I originally followed the directions on that web page but I missed the "sudo update-alternatives --config gl_conf" command. This time I entered it and was given a choice of three drivers.

Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
0 /usr/lib/nvidia-current/ld.so.conf 9700 auto mode
1 /usr/lib/mesa/ld.so.conf 500 manual mode
* 2 /usr/lib/nvidia-current/ld.so.conf 9700 manual mode

As you can see, I picked the nvidia driver that was manual mode. My first pick was auto mode but I still had the same error pop up when I rebooted my laptop.

NVIDIA: Failed to load the Nvidia kernel module.
NVIDIA: System's kernel log for additional error messages.
NVIDIA: FGailed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
No drivers available

But on the bright side of things....I have a xorg.conf file now.

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Thu Apr 22 20:35:23 PDT 2010


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection


Can anyone tell me what I need to do from here?

Your xorg.conf looks fine. I assume you were able to run: sudo nvidia-xconfig, since the top of your xorg.conf says:
Is that correct?
So what happens when you boot to the desktop now? What errors are you getting now?
Bootup the computer and run:
and post the output here.
EDIT:
What nvidia card do you have anyway??
NOTE: Your nvidia-installer.log that you posted in post #9 of this thread included the line:
NOTE #2: This driver is not present in the Ubuntu 10.04 repos.
If you had previously installed the nvidia driver from nvidia.com, you need to remove that first. This is most important!!

kendall@Prisoner2:~$ aptitude search nvidia
p nvidia-173 - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module a
p nvidia-173-dev - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver development file
p nvidia-173-kernel-source - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-173-ke
pi nvidia-173-modaliases - Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org dri
p nvidia-180-kernel-source - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185-ke
p nvidia-180-libvdpau - Transitional package for nvidia-185-libvdp
p nvidia-180-libvdpau-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-185-libvdp
p nvidia-180-modaliases - Transitional package for nvidia-185-modali
p nvidia-185-kernel-source - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185-ke
p nvidia-185-libvdpau - Transitional package for nvidia-185-libvdp
p nvidia-185-libvdpau-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-185-libvdp
p nvidia-185-modaliases - Transitional package for nvidia-185-modali
p nvidia-96 - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module a
p nvidia-96-dev - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver development file
p nvidia-96-kernel-source - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-96-ker
pi nvidia-96-modaliases - Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org dri
p nvidia-cg-toolkit - NVIDIA Cg Toolkit Installer
pi nvidia-common - Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
i nvidia-current - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module a
p nvidia-current-dev - NVIDIA binary Xorg driver development file
pi nvidia-current-modaliases - Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org dri
p nvidia-glx-173 - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-173
p nvidia-glx-173-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-173-de
p nvidia-glx-180 - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185
p nvidia-glx-180-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185-de
p nvidia-glx-185 - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185
p nvidia-glx-185-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-185-de
p nvidia-glx-96 - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-96
p nvidia-glx-96-dev - Transitional package for nvidia-glx-96-dev
p nvidia-kernel-common - NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
i A nvidia-settings - Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics dr
kendall@Prisoner2:~$





nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Wed Aug 11 08:51:12 2010
installer version: 256.44

option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
precompiled interfaces : true
no ncurses color : false
query latest version : false
OpenGL header files : true
no questions : false
silent : false
no recursion : false
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : false
no network : false
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : false
no kernel module : false
force SELinux : default
no X server check : false
no cc version check : false
force tls : (not specified)
force compat32 tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : (not specified)
X library install path : (not specified)
X module install path : (not specified)
OpenGL install prefix : (not specified)
OpenGL install libdir : (not specified)
compat32 install chroot : (not specified)
compat32 install prefix : (not specified)
compat32 install libdir : (not specified)
utility install prefix : (not specified)
utility install libdir : (not specified)
doc install prefix : (not specified)
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com
RPM file list : (not specified)

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 256.44.
-> Running distribution scripts
executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install'...
-> done.
-> The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Continue installation
anyway? (Answer: Yes)
ERROR: The Nouveau kernel driver is currently in use by your system. This
driver is incompatible with the NVIDIA driver, and must be disabled
before proceeding. Please consult the NVIDIA driver README and your
Linux distribution's documentation for details on how to correctly
disable the Nouveau kernel driver.
WARNING: The modprobe configuration file to disable Nouveau,
/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf, is already
present. Please be sure you have rebooted your system since that file
was written. If you have rebooted, then Nouveau may be enabled for
other reasons, such as being included in the system initial ramdisk or
in your X configuration file. Please consult the NVIDIA driver README
and your Linux distribution's documentation for details on how to
correctly disable the Nouveau kernel driver.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.



kendall@Prisoner2:/var/log$ glxinfo | grep -i render
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1.0".



I thought I removed all the nvidia drivers. How can I make sure I did?

This is my graphics card.

 NVIDIA GeForce GT330M with 1GB GDDR3 discrete graphics
memory, plus up to 1758MB dynamically allocated shared graphics
®
memory using NVIDIA TurboCacheTM technology.
o Total Available Graphics memory 2782MB

Your output from glxinfo indicates the nvidia driver is not running; but you already knew that.
The 195.x driver in the Ubuntu repos (nvidia-current) supports your card:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-d...31-driver.html
To remove the driver from nvidia.com, from the Ubuntu desktop hit ctrl + alt + F2 to get to a virtual terminal. Login and stop X:
Then run: where xxx is the version of the driver you installed.
Then reboot. You may need to reinstall the driver from the Ubuntu repos after you run this. Also, back up your current xorg.conf before running the nvidia.com driver uninstaller. The nvidia.com driver uninstaller should restore your system to the way it was before you installed it.
If you had previously uninstalled the driver from nvidia.com, you can disregard this.

I don't know why the nvidia driver from the Ubuntu repos is not loading for you.
Just out of curiosity, what happens if you stop X sccording to how I instructed above, then try to load the nvidia driver:
Then restart X with:
Then hit ctrl + alt + F7 to get back to the desktop?
Also, have you tried enabling the driver from: system > administration > hardware drivers? What does that say when you do that?

I just compared your output of: "aptitude search nvidia" to mine. Those 4 packages from your list have a pi in front of them. A "p" before a package name means the package is purged (i.e., not installed) and an "i" before a package name means it is installed. A "pi" means the package is purged, but the pending action is to install. Hence the "pi" befire the package. If you ever see a big "A" before a package, means it was automatically installed, usually as a dependency or something.
Here is my "aptitude search nvidia" for reference:
Notice that those 4 packages you have a "pi" in front of, I only have an "i". This means those packages are installed on my system, but not yours.
I installed the nvidia-current driver the same way I told you previously:
I don't know why those 4 packages are installed on my system and not yours, but at this point, if nothing else works, then it would not hurt to try installing those 4 packages to see if it fixes your problem. You may as well reinstall nvidia-current also, then run "sudo nvidia-xconfig" again, then reboot and see if the nvidia driver loads ok.

Thanks for the help guys! I don't know why this isn't working but I did neglect to tell you that I needed to update my bios so my laptop could read the 8GB of ram I installed on this laptop. I wonder if that could have contributed to this problem in some way. I plan on reinstalling Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit and see if I still have the same trouble with Nvidia.

I have been wondering if perhaps this may be the best course of action, but I did not want to suggest it .. yet.
It is known that installing the nvidia driver from nvidia.com makes some changes to the standard Debian / Ubuntu xorg components and files. This is why many Debian users on the Debian forums will insist on installing the nvidia driver the "Debian Way" (i.e., from the Debian repos) with module assistant. I'm sure Craigevil can attest to this.
So I have been wondering if the fact that you attempted to install the nvidia driver from nvidia.com may have screwed things up (for lack of a more technical explanation) somehow.
Theoretically, uninstalling the nvidia driver from nvidia.com should return your system to the way it was before though.

You should not have to reinstall Ubuntu just to get it to see the 8GB memory. If the BIOS sees all the 8GB of memory, and if you are using Ubuntu 10.04 64bit, then Ubuntu should see it just fine. Ubuntu 32bit will not be able to use all that memory as far as I know.

Anyway, if you choose to reinstall Ubuntu, do it like this:
1. Clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 64bit
2. Get all the updates first. (I always do this first after installing Ubuntu).
3. Install the nvidia-current driver. Hit: ctrl + alt + F2 to get to a virtual terminal, stop X, then install then nvidia driver, then reboot:
NOTE: Stopping X first is just a precaution. I don't usually do this when I install the nvidia driver from the Ubuntu repos. However, this is the most failsafe method for installing the driver. Since you have had so many problems with this, it can't hurt! Let me know how it goes ...

It worked!!! LOL!!! I just flashed the BIOS with the newest version that Toshiba had for my laptop and then I reinstalled Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit. From there I used Update Manger to update the OS. Then I followed Tommcd's instructions for downloading and installing the Nvidia graphics drivers from the Ubuntu repositories. Everything worked till I got to the sudo nvidia-xconfig command. That's when I got the all too familiar "Command not found." At this point I decided to go to the Ubuntu Documentation website:

BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia - Community Ubuntu Documentation : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bi...erHowto/Nvidia

After following those instructions and restarting my laptop everything started working perfectly. To everyone that helped me work through this problem..."Thank you very much!!!" I can't tell you how much I appreciate all of you giving your time and expertise to Ubuntu users like myself.

Excellent! Glad we finally got this working!!!!!!!!
I still can not explain why you were getting the "Command not found" message when running "sudo nvidia-xconfig". I have never ran into this. But I am glad the workaround from the Ubuntu wiki fixed this for you.

Just to help out others who may run into this problem (and to make sure I know exactly how you fixed this for future reference), can you post the exact commands you ran that got the driver working after getting the "command not found" message? I assume you did this part:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bi...ubuntu%2010.04
Is that correct? Is that how you fixed it?
Also, just to make sure the driver is running ok, post the output of:
Glad I was able to help with this. Have fun with your newly enabled 3D Ubuntu desktop!