January 24, 2009

Install a Nvidia Driver

The Nvidia driver supports practically all Nvidia 3D cards produced in recent times everything from the latest GeForce cards to the oldest TNT cards from the mid-1990s.
To install support for Nvidia cards, follow these steps:
  1. Select System ➤ Administration ➤ Synaptic Package Manager.
  2. Click the Search button and enter nvidia-glx as a search term. In the list of results, click the check box next to nvidia-glx and also nvidia-settings, so that both are marked for installation. Then click Apply.
  3. After the installation has completed, open a GNOME Terminal window (Applications ➤ Accessories ➤ Terminal) and type sudo nvidia-glx-config enable.
  4. Reboot your system.
  5. To further configure the Nvidia card once your PC is back up and running, open a GNOME Terminal window and type nvidia-settings

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