Help installing Nvidia drivers

amy

Ok i am trying to update my drivers for nvidia and i cant seem to get it to work. i downloaded the installer for linux off the website, ran it in terminal like it asked then i got this error

eric@eric-desktop:~$ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 1.0-9755..............................................  ..................................................  ..................................................  ..................................................  ..................................................  ..................................
nvidia-installer: Error opening log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for writing (Permission denied); disabling logging.
eric@eric-desktop:~$

Try running it with sudo.  That should take care of the permissions issue.

Ok i tried it and i got this error. The installer is located in my home folder. Is that an issue?

eric@eric-desktop:~$ sudo NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run
sudo: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run: command not found
eric@eric-desktop:~$


Originally Posted by ChopperXOk i am trying to update my drivers for nvidia and i cant seem to get it to work. i downloaded the installer for linux off the website, ran it in terminal like it asked then i got this error

eric@eric-desktop:~$ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 1.0-9755..............................................  ..................................................  ..................................................  ..................................................  ..................................................  ..................................
nvidia-installer: Error opening log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for writing (Permission denied); disabling logging.
eric@eric-desktop:~$

Just enable the restricted drivers under System---gt;Administration---gt;Restricted drivers

Sorry, should have been clearer...

Try:sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run

Alternatively, I just used the nvidia driver in the repositories nvidia-glx and have had no problems with it, once I reconfigured x-server.

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
sudo dpkg -reconfigure x-server-xorg

When I turned on Desktop Effects on my dell, ubuntu automatically downloaded and configured the driver for my nvidia. Tried that?

Well i ran the Restricted Drivers and it says NVidia accelerated graphics drivers. Its enabled and its inuse.


Originally Posted by ChopperXWell i ran the Restricted Drivers and it says NVidia accelerated graphics drivers. Its enabled and its inuse.

Then you should be all set.  I've never the Driver Manager, but if you aren't experiencing any problems, you should be good to go.

yea but i cant install the update.

What update?  do you mean the newest nVidia Driver off the nVidia web site?  Because I haven't had any problems with  the driver from the ubuntu repositories and haven't tried the nividia ones, so I'm not going to be much more help...