Install Nvidia Drivers on Ubuntu 12

[ir_cow]

So i'm trying to get Ubuntu to run with a quadro 3700 and by default it knows its a nvidia card but thats about it. just says unknown video card in the system. the nvidia drivers that came install work enough to get around but it has no cuda support or most of the graphic options found on windows.

 

when i downloaded the new drivers from nvidia NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59.run all it does is open a txt editor and says "loading" for about half an hour before it crashes ubuntu. could someone please explain to me step by step how to install nvidia drivers?

[greengiant912]

So i'm trying to get Ubuntu to run with a quadro 3700 and by default it knows its a nvidia card but thats about it. just says unknown video card in the system. the nvidia drivers that came install work enough to get around but it has no cuda support or most of the graphic options found on windows.

 

when i downloaded the new drivers from nvidia NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59.run all it does is open a txt editor and says "loading" for about half an hour before it crashes ubuntu. could someone please explain to me step by step how to install nvidia drivers?

 

 

Try this

 

- Ubuntu 32-bit (i386):

cd ~/; mkdir nvidia295.49; cd nvidia295.49/


wget -O NVIDIA-Linux-x86-295.49.run http://goo.gl/1f9kc


chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86-295.49.run


sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-295.49.run

- Ubuntu 64-bit (amd64):

cd ~/; mkdir nvidia295.49; cd nvidia295.49/


wget -O NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49.run http://goo.gl/hg4Kz


chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49.run


sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49.run

 

http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/05/how-to-install-nvidia-linux-display.html

 

 

If you already have the driver installed you should be able to just do an apt-get update on the package, like is said in that article.

 

Make sure your using sudo, and your chmods are right.

[ir_cow]

thanks but that's already over my head. I have no idea what sudo or chmods is and even how to find them if they came installed.

 

From what i gathred i need to boot into the console mode and install the drivers that way. should i just burn it to a cd and do

run cd-NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59.run

?

Edited July 16, 2012 by hornybluecow

[greengiant912]

thanks but that's already over my head. I have no idea what sudo or chmods is and even how to find them if they came installed.

 

From what i gathred i need to boot into the console mode and install the drivers that way. should i just burn it to a cd and do

run cd-NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59.run

?

 

 

I would research basic linux commands if I were you then. Linux is a OS that is more powerful if you know the CLI, you can have the best GUI in the world, but it is still important to have those CLI skills.

 

 

 

SUDO is basically an elevated prompt in the UNIX world. It gives you root privileges without you logging into root. It basically ups your privileges temporarily to root level.

 

after you use SUDO you will be prompted to type in your password

 

wget is a way of retrieving packages via http, there are also package managers that use repositories where you can get packages from I forget what Ubuntu uses but centOS uses YUM. The other major one is RPM.

 

chmod is changing the permissions of the directory or file. In the windows world this is done by making something read, read/write, etc...

http://survietamine.tumblr.com/post/2541184050/chmod-x

 

 

The guide I posted is pretty straight forward as far as what commands to use. Just open up a prompt and copy and past them in one by one and it should work for you.

 

 

sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-295.49.run 

is the command that will run the package. If you already have the package, there is no need to use wget, just point the path of this command to where you have the driver located.

 

sh is a command interpreter.

 

 

 

*** You don't need to boot into console mode, you can just open a console (terminal) window from the GUI.

No need to burn to a CD...

Edited July 17, 2012 by greengiant912

[greengiant912]

Did you ever get your drivers working?

[ir_cow]

Yeah, I just did all the auto updates and it seems to work. The system info is still blank but now the drivers report the card. I never figured out the console.

 

I'm Sure whoever get this computer is just gonna install windows so I'm not so worried

 

Edit: I forgot to thank for the help , it was a tall order

Edited August 1, 2012 by hornybluecow

[chariedove]

Glad I came across this one. Thank You.

 

 

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Edited November 28, 2012 by chariedove