Halp. (Drivers)

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DrModem Premium join:2006-10-19 USA kudos:1 Reviews: ·exede by ViaSat	Halp. (Drivers) So I'm a Linux noob, installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop to play around with it. I need to install some drivers (namely, the ones for my nvidia gt 130) but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it. I thought I had it, however I ended up with all the windows missing important pieces (like the title bar...) Can someone here point me in the right direction?
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El Quintron Resident Mouth Breather Premium join:2008-04-28 Etobicoke, ON kudos:2	Did you use Jockey to get the drivers?
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Selenia I love Debian Premium join:2006-09-22 Lanesboro, MA kudos:2	reply to DrModem Did you install from the NVidia site or the repositories? Give us that info and the output of glxinfo in a terminal, please.
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misiek join:2000-12-25 Round Lake, IL	reply to DrModem I use sgfxi script to install Nvidia drivers: `cd /usr/local/bin && wget -O sgfxi smxi.org/sgfxi && chmod +x sgfxi && sgfxi` »smxi.org/site/install.htm#sgfxi
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DrModem Premium join:2006-10-19 USA kudos:1	reply to El Quintron said by El Quintron: Did you use Jockey to get the drivers? No.
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DrModem Premium join:2006-10-19 USA kudos:1 Reviews: ·exede by ViaSat	reply to Selenia said by Selenia: Did you install from the NVidia site or the repositories? Give us that info and the output of glxinfo in a terminal, please. I downloaded the file for Linux 64 bit from the nvidia website. I can't figure out how to get it to run though, lol. It's just sitting on the desktop at the moment. I tried to download it through the software marketplace through the "current" entry. I think that's what broke it though. I'll get some terminal output when I get on the laptop next.
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Bill_MI Bill In Michigan Premium,MVM join:2001-01-03 Royal Oak, MI kudos:1 Reviews: ·WOW Internet and.. ·Comcast 1 edit	Hi DrModem and welcome to Linux. I do suggest getting familiar with the Ubuntu forums because... well... Ubuntu is Ubuntu. And the interfaces are known there. For example, under the hood Ubuntu has used jockey for years, and I think they still do, for video drivers. But the new user would never know or see it. The interface for jockey is usually a menu like: "Hardware Drivers". But my knowledge of 12.10 is limited. HTH
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El Quintron Resident Mouth Breather Premium join:2008-04-28 Etobicoke, ON kudos:2 Reviews: ·TekSavvy DSL ·WIND Mobile ·voip.ms	reply to DrModem I've never had a whole lot of problems doing this but the easiest/fastest way to do this is usually when "Restricted Hardware" drivers prompts you to install it, or by doing via the command line. You can learn how to do that here: »www.noobslab.com/2011/09/nvidia-···ric.html Cheers, EQ -- Support Bacteria -- It's the Only Culture Some People Have
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Maxo Your tax dollars at work. Premium,VIP join:2002-11-04 Tallahassee, FL 1 edit	reply to DrModem You probably want to follow the instructions at »www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubun···dia.html I'm quite amazed that jockey has been removed. I'm curious what the thinking is with this move. Installing proprietary drivers used to be a lesson in triviality. A quick synopsis of that post. sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-source linux-headers nvidia-current sudo /sbin/lsmod \| grep nvidia If that last statement doesn't spit out any results then run modprobe nvidia_current Finally sudo restart lightdm -- "Padre, nobody said war was fun now bowl!" - Sherman T Potter »maxolasersquad.com/ »maxolasersquad.blogspot.com »www.facebook.com/maxolasersquad
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DrModem Premium join:2006-10-19 USA kudos:1	Thanks maxo, I got it with that guide. The noobs lab one seems to completely destroy everything lol
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Snakeoil Ignore Button. The coward's feature. Premium join:2000-08-05 Mentor, OH kudos:1 Reviews: ·RoadRunner Cable ·magicjack.com	reply to Maxo How can I tell if I am using lightdm vs gdm? One of those prevents the GUI for launching. Instead I get the console. Reason why I ask is because steam is complaining that I don't have updated gl drivers. Currently have nvidia 304.48 experimental running. Not to hijack a thread. -- Is a person a failure for doing nothing? Or is he a failure for trying, and not succeeding at what he is attempting to do? What did you fail at today?.
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Maxo Your tax dollars at work. Premium,VIP join:2002-11-04 Tallahassee, FL	said by Snakeoil: How can I tell if I am using lightdm vs gdm? One of those prevents the GUI for launching. Instead I get the console. If gdm is not in /etc/init.d/ then you are not using gdm. If both show up then I'm not sure how to tell. You could always run `sudo stop gdm && sudo start lightdm` which should guaruntee you are in lightdm and not gdm.
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Pjr Don't Panic join:2005-12-11 UK	sudo service gdm status gdm: unrecognized service sudo service lightdm status [ ok ] lightdm is running. or if Ubuntu doesn't have /usr/sbin/service then use sudo /etc/init.d/gdm status -su: /etc/init.d/gdm: No such file or directory sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm status [ ok ] lightdm is running. It's probably the best method but there are others such as grepping "ps aux". I assume Ubuntu hasn't deviated so far from Debian that the above won't work. -- Overflow error in /dev/null
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Snakeoil Ignore Button. The coward's feature. Premium join:2000-08-05 Mentor, OH kudos:1	Thank you. I used the first block that you posted. I'm running gdm. So lightdm is the one that shuts off my gui.
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Snakeoil Ignore Button. The coward's feature. Premium join:2000-08-05 Mentor, OH kudos:1 Reviews: ·RoadRunner Cable ·magicjack.com	reply to Maxo Thanks. Turns out I'm running gdm. I recall when I first upgraded to 12.04 LTS, I had the same situation. Steam doesn't like the 304.48 nvidia driver. I need to figure out how to update it, and the gl packages. I would have thought it would have been done through the software/update manager. -- Is a person a failure for doing nothing? Or is he a failure for trying, and not succeeding at what he is attempting to do? What did you fail at today?.
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Maxo Your tax dollars at work. Premium,VIP join:2002-11-04 Tallahassee, FL 1 edit	In 12.04 I was able to get the latest nvidia drivers through Jockey by installing the "NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (experimentalbeta) (version experimental-310)" drivers. Update: Added exact wording from Jocky.
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Uraki Uraki Premium join:2003-06-22 Belle Plaine, KS	reply to Snakeoil Under 12.10, you can install "nvidia-experimental-310" & "nvidia-settings-experimental-310" to get a later version. Not sure if that works under 12.04
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