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April 21st, 2011, 10:00 GMT · By Marius Nestor

New Nvidia Linux Driver Supports Ubuntu 11.04

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On April 20th, Nvidia launched version 270.41.06 of its graphics driver, which brought initial support for Xorg Server 1.10 and support for the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system.

The new Nvidia Display Driver 270.41.06 introduces support for new GPUs, such as GeForce GT 520, GeForce GT 525M, GeForce GT 520M, GeForce GT 445M, GeForce GT 530, GeForce 405, GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GT 420, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GTX 470M, GeForce GTX 485M, GeForce GT 550M, GeForce GT 555M, NVS 4200M, Quadro 1000M, Quadro 2000M, Quadro 2000 D and Quadro 400.

Among the highlights in Nvidia 270.41.06 we can mention:

· Support for Xorg Server 1.10;
· Fixed an important X Server bug, which made the GPUs to stop responding;
· Fixed the X Server hang every 49.7 days bug on 32-bit architectures;
· Nvidia video driver's /proc filesystem layout has been reorganized;
· Fixed various VDPAU bugs;
· Added the "Interactive" X configuration option;
· Added the "3DVisionDisplayType" X configuration option;
· Fixed various hardware-accelerated gradients issues;
· Added unofficial support for the GLX protocol;
· ...and much more!

How to install/update the Nvidia video drivers?

In the Unity panel, search for Synaptic Package Manager. Enter your password when asked, wait for the application to load the repositories, and search for:

nvidia-current

Then, double click the entry, click the "Apply" button and follow the on-screen instructions to install or update the video driver.

Nvidia 270.41.06 is available for Linux, BSD and Solaris operating systems, for both x86 and x86_64 architectures.

Download Nvidia Display Driver 270.41.06 for Linux 32-bit right now from Softpedia.

Download Nvidia Display Driver 270.41.06 for Linux 64-bit right now from Softpedia.

Download Nvidia Display Driver 270.41.06 for FreeBSD right now from Softpedia.

Download Nvidia Display Driver 270.41.06 for Solaris right now from Softpedia.

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READER COMMENTS:

Comment #1 by: isgjevori on 21 Apr 2011, 11:27 UTC	reply to this comment
what about the broadcom wireless drivers??

Comment #1.1 by: Marius Nestor on 21 Apr 2011, 11:58 GMT

What about them? Broadcom Wi-Fi drivers work very well on a Lenovo laptop, tested with Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2. I had to compile the Broadcom wireless drivers for Ubuntu 10.10 :)

Comment #2 by: itchy on 21 Apr 2011, 16:16 UTC	reply to this comment
It was in ubuntu repository since Natty beta 2 so using it for some time now and it works fine

Comment #3 by: Cato on 21 Apr 2011, 19:45 UTC	reply to this comment
Anyone know when we can expect Optimus support?

Comment #3.1 by: nick on 22 Apr 2011, 07:40 GMT

not any time soon.

Comment #4 by: Ubuntu!=Linux on 23 Apr 2011, 09:37 UTC	reply to this comment
Wow.. Nvidia release a driver for Ubuntu eh? Pity. I need one that works with Arch, or Suse, or . I wish ubuntu would fall off the earth along with Windows.

Comment #4.1 by: haters will hate on 25 Apr 2011, 06:44 GMT

@ Ubuntu != Linux You sir are an idiot.

The title says the new nvidia driver supports Ubuntu, but that is not accurate. The driver will indeed support other linux distros as it always has. It supports the X.org version that Ubuntu uses and that is what the author of the article meant by "supporting Ubuntu".

PS I hope stupid people would fall off the earth but you are still here, so I guess neither of us will get his wish. Bummer.

Comment #5 by: pah on 25 Apr 2011, 23:37 UTC	reply to this comment
LOL, supports Ubuntu. NVIDIA also support Fedora 15 and...... Linux.

Comment #6 by: kibi on 26 Apr 2011, 08:41 UTC	reply to this comment
Will this work on ubuntu 10.10?

Comment #7 by: ilan on 12 May 2011, 05:37 UTC	reply to this comment
This is the driver I have been using on 11.04. On my desktop machine it reports "This driver is activated but not currently in use." On my laptop it simply doesn't work so I have to use Ubuntu classic.

Comment #8 by: Yukare on 25 May 2011, 05:38 UTC	reply to this comment
This driver is very buggy, because you can not use it in kubuntu and nvidia hinself tell that is a bug on the driver, not in kubuntu. They know the bug for more than a month and did nothing about it,.

Comment #9 by: LDog on 28 May 2011, 20:59 UTC	reply to this comment
I installed this driver on my dell xps 15 with the GT 525M and now the booting in Linux hangs :(

Comment #9.1 by: beast2k on 28 Jun 2011, 20:33 GMT

Mine hangs as well "signal 15"
WARNING:!!
DO NOT USE THIS DRIVER WITH UBUNTU 11.04 IT WILL FREEZE THE SCREEN ON BOOT.

Comment #9.2 by: jab2254 on 03 Sep 2011, 04:24 GMT

Hi, did you fix the problem? please give some info if you solved it already.
thanks

Comment #10 by: Linuxuser on 04 Sep 2011, 05:34 UTC	reply to this comment
Running Linux Mint 11 main edition Katya. Followed the instructions and then downloaded the file, tried to install it and this is what I get: gv@gv-Inspiron-N5110 ~ $ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg1.run sh: Can't open NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg1.run So what now? I've searched far and wide for a solution to install the drivers.

Comment #11 by: Oscar_C on 12 Sep 2011, 13:00 UTC

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Tried everything I could to get these video drivers working on 10.10 and 11.04 on my laptop...to o avail. There are so many versions of this driver, up to 275.xx, yet none seem to work with Ubuntu. So, once again, I see sub-par drivers issued by a major company...if I only had a nickel for each time I've experienced this!
Nvidia's half-baked support for Linux is disappointing. Oh well, Caveat Emptor! Nvidia is satisfied exclusively supporting the hard-core gamer market.

Comment #12 by: aSDFASDGADFG on 16 Jan 2012, 23:23 UTC	reply to this comment
This does not help if it does not work out of the box.

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