Ubuntu nvidia Lucid Lynx (owner driver) Four Once installed Lucid Lynx one of the most common is to activate 3D functions, whether to use OpenGL games, to enable desktop effects or simply to optimize the performance of our graphics. In this article we will see how to get acceleration using the nvidia proprietary driver
. Whose main advantage is a higher yield 3D and the biggest disadvantage is that it is free (and therefore at the mercy of the wishes of a company) For testing 10.04 Lucid Lynx will use Ubuntu 64bit and nVidia GeForce 8600 GT. It is recommended that any graphics driver desinstaleis before installing another. Install the driver from the Appearance (Recommended)
This is the easiest method, automates the entire process and reduces the possibility that the user makes a mistake. It's as easy as going to menu System - Preferences - Appearance - Visual Effects and select from the options Normal or Extra
. In doing so we notice that the system will download and install the nvidia proprietary driver appropriate for your hardware: - System - Preferences - Appearance - Visual Effects
Once completed, we prompted to reboot the system (to load the new drivers)
Install the driver from the package manager
If the above method does not work you can use the package manager to force driver installation with the command (substitute the driver version that fits the your graphics hardware): sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx-185 and prepare the system for use with the command:
sudo nvidia-xconfig
finally reboot the system so that new drivers are loaded kernel and the graphical environment.
- What driver version do I need? This depends on our nvidia chipset, the chipset we'll see with the command: $ lspci
GeForce5 Chipset nvidia-glx-96: Geforce2 chipset and nvidia-glx
Geforce4-71: Riva Chipset TNT/TNT2
Note: if you're not sure exactly needs your graphics driver can go to
http: / / www.nvidia.com/ and fill in the form of driver downloads. With that you should know that version and download that version using aptitude
.
Install the driver manually from nvidia's website (not recommended) This method should be used only as a last resort, it is more difficult, requires more knowledge by the user and is difficult to maintain. To do a manual installation will go directly to the web
http://www.nvidia.com
, fill in the fields of the form and give us the option to download the driver in *. run (self-installing script.) Once downloaded and assuming that the file is called NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.24-pkg2.run
and I have it saved on the desktop we perform the following steps: 1. Exit to text mode by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1 and login with our user 2. Stop the GUI with the command sudo service gdm stop
have any questions about this method leed
README file - of nvidia's own website.
Check results
The fastest way to verify that the drivers are installed and in use is using the command: glxinfo string: GeForce 8600 GT/PCI/SSE2
GL_NV_depth_buffer_float, GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_NV_depth_clamp, GL_NV_vertex_program3, GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap Once satisfied that everything works and you can run your favorite games with 3D support (either native or through wine
) - stationery set
or access the advanced features
controller n
v
IDIA-settings Properties
graphics driver (nvidia-settings)
Note: a consequence reluctance to use the proprietary nvidia driver is that the animation will start big and distorted, to fix this you can read Solution 2 for Plymouth properly with Nvidia or ATI drivers More
information
http://www.nvidia.com/
Solution 2 for Plymouth properly with Nvidia or ATI drivers
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