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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

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

3. Start the driver installation with the command sudo sh ~ / Escritorio/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.24-pkg2.run

(substitute the path and file name for yours if needed) 4. Follow the instructions in the program 5. If all went well will reboot with the command sudo reboot

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