Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT & Kubuntu SOLVED

[wayne]

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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