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  1. Bug #353126
  2. Comment #277

Comment 277 for bug 353126

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Sandro Mani (sandromani) wrote : Re: [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

In karmic it should be no problem:
  - Uninstall any nvidia packages installed from the ubuntu repos
  - Download the beta driver and make it executable (chmod +x
/path/to/NVIDIA-Linux-(x86|x86_64)-256.25.run)
  - Switch to a virtual terminal (i.e. ctrl+alt+f2), login
  - Stop X: sudo service gdm stop
  - Check you've installed the build-essential package: sudo apt-get
install build-essential
  - Install the driver: sudo /path/to/NVIDIA-Linux-(x86|x86_64)-256.25.run
  - Reboot

For lucid users it is more complicated, for example see
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-install-nvidia-drivers-manually-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx.html
(haven't tested myself).

On 05/22/2010 06:21 PM, Diver wrote:
> Is there a way to install this version (256.25) of nvidia drivers on
> Karmic?
>
>