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Install Nvidia and ATI Video Drivers on Ubuntu Edgy

- ATI/Nvidia installation guide for Ubuntu Edgy

By: Marius Nestor, Linux Editor

So you've just installed Ubuntu Linux and now you need to install your video card's driver, be it either Nvidia or ATI. This guide will teach you the easiest ways to achieve that.

Nvidia installation

First of all, you need to add some repositories to the /etc/apt/sources.list file.

Go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources and click on the "Third Party" tab, then on the "Add" button and enter the following code:

CODE

deb http://nvidia.limitless.lupine.me.uk/ubuntu edgy stable


After you've added the code above, click "Close" button. It will ask you to reload the information about available software, so click on the "Reload" button and wait until the window disappears.

Now open up a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and type the following code:

CODE

wget -O- --quiet http://nvidia.limitless.lupine.me.uk/ubuntu/root@lupine.me.uk.gpg | sudo apt-key add -


In Terminal, type the following commands, one by one, in order to install the Nvidia driver:

CODE

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
sudo apt-get upgrade


All you need to do now is type the code below in the Terminal, so you can activate your Compositing options in the xorg.conf file:

CODE

sudo nvidia-xconfig -add-argb-glx-visuals


Now reboot your computer and your new Nvidia drivers should be installed.

ATI installation

First of all, make sure all the repositories are active, so go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources and check all the 5 repositories in the first tab (Ubuntu 6.10). Click the "Close" button and you'll be asked if you want to reload the information about available software; click on the "Reload" button and wait until the window disappears.

Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and type the following command:

CODE

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf


Now scroll down till the end of the file and modify the last Section (Extensions) to look like this:

CODE

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection


In Terminal, type now the following commands, one by one, in order to install the ATI driver:

CODE

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx
sudo depmod -a


Now you need to activate and configure the driver you've just installed; please type the following command in a terminal:

CODE

sudo aticonfig -initial


and then type:

CODE

sudo aticonfig -overlay-type=Xv


Now reboot your computer and your new ATI drivers should be installed.

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13th January 2007, 15:02 GMT | Copyright (c) 2007 Softpedia | Contact:
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Comment #1 by HAHAHA on 2008-07-01, 21:07 GMT reply to this comment 
You have to go through all that command line mess just to install a driver? What a joke!
Back to XP all the way, baby, all the way!



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