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im tryin to install nvidia driver in tty2 and everytime i execute it it starts to unpack and says x server is running, ive been looking aourn and tried sudo ...
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- 05-13-2009 #1Just Joined!
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killing x server
im tryin to install nvidia driver in tty2 and everytime i execute it it starts to unpack and says x server is running, ive been looking aourn and tried sudo killall gdm, sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
HELP ME PLZ
- 05-13-2009 #2Super Moderator
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Have you tried to install Driver through Hardware Drivers option in Menu?
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- 05-13-2009 #3Just Joined!
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ok got it
ok i installed the drivers successfully and still no go, i mean i plug the monitor in and theres nothing , what do i do to make the computer to send video to the video card? and not the motherboard?
- 05-13-2009 #4Trusted Penguin
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With Ubuntu, I found Envyng to be the way to go when configuring video. See this for more. There is a GTK frontend for Envyng, but it is large and the command line usage is mindlessly simple. Once installed:
...and you're off. A great tool to configure video in Ubuntu.Code:sudo envyng -t
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u added an adiditional video card right?? may be u got to change some bios settings ....
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