14 DAY TRIAL // Nvidia announced a few days ago, on its forum, a new version of its proprietary driver for the Nvidia graphics cards. Nvidia 195.36.24 adds support for new GPUs, and fixes a few issues. But the most important thing is that Nvidia 195.36.24 has support for X Server 1.8.
Among the supported graphics cards in Nvidia 195.36.24, we can mention: GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470 and Tesla C2050. The "red flashes" issue in XVideo frames was fixed, and the "Supported NVIDIA GPU Products" list was updated to include missing GPUs.
Last but not least, because Nvidia 195.36.24 supports X Server 1.8, the "-ignoreABI" option is no longer required!
How to install the Nvidia video drivers on your Linux box:
Log out of your current session and hit the CTRL+ALT+F1 key combination in order to enter a text-mode session. Log in as root (System Administrator), go to the folder where you've downloaded the Nvidia driver installer for your architecture (see below for links), and type the following corresponding command:
For 32-bit users:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.36.24-pkg1.run
For 64-bit users:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.24-pkg2.run
Then, follow the on-screen instructions to install the Nvidia video driver. Please note that the Linux kernel headers and a GCC compiler will be required to complete the installation!
Download the Nvidia Linux display driver 195.36.24 for the x86 architecture right now from Softpedia.
Download the Nvidia Linux display driver 195.36.24 for the AMD64/EM64T architectures right now from Softpedia.