Re: Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT & Kubuntu SOLVED

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Author: wayne
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Old-Topics: Re: Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT & Kubuntu
Subject: Re: Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT & Kubuntu SOLVED
Did a little more digging on the net and caught wind of a program called
"envy" that configures the newer stuff. It worked. :-)




wayne wrote:
> Interesting... I'm running 8.04.1 - Nothing shows up in restricted
> drivers, |Also I cannot load the NVIDIA drivers either. Complains about
> a missing LibC header and I cannot see what, where who, how it is
> missing what it is asking for.
>
>
>
> Nadim Hoque wrote:
>
>> Assuming that the version of kubuntu is 8.10 and the fact that
>> kubuntu uses the same repositories (or at least most of it) the
>> drivers can be easily be installed under the restricted drivers. I
>> have a geforce 9600gt under ubuntu 8.10 and the drivers installed
>> simply a simple dialoge in the task bar that i have restricted
>> drivers (or something as such). If that does not work just download
>> the drivers from nvidia. I don't know much, but i think, obviously,
>> that you have to be out of x server and sudo run the .sh file.
>> Hopefully that works
>>
>> Nadim
>> On Nov 29, 2008, at 9:37 PM, wayne wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Has anyone on the list gotten the card to work with Nvidia drivers on
>>> kubuntu?
>>>
>>> I was looking for any inexpensive dual DVI PCIe card that will
>>> work....
>>> anyone?
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