[clug] Has anyone got a recent nVidia card working

[Stephen Rex Gream]

Kevin Pulo wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 08:45:47PM +1000, Duncan Roe wrote:
>
>   
>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 09:01:29AM +1000, Andrew Janke wrote:
>>     
>>> Hrm, so what is the error when you try to build the nvidia module from
>>> the nvidia website?  I am guessing that you have already installed the
>>> kernel headers from the kernel version that you are running?
>>>
>>>       
>> The ncurses-based dialogue started by NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.51-pkg1.run tells me
>> about the problem (sorry but I would have to stop X to try it again). I'm quite
>> happy to build a kernel, just kept going until past my bedtime last night :-/
>>     
>
> The nvidia installer keeps a log of what it's done (and what exactly
> went wrong) at /var/log/nvidia-installer.log, so you should be able to
> get the info you need from that without having to restart stuff.
>
> Kev.
>
>   
I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 on a box with a nVidia 9800GT using the 
latest drivers. I didn't even need the build essential package (not sure 
why....). Seems to be running sweet at this point