Okay, I need to stretch my memory a bit to explain how I installed the drivers.
First, I went to the Add/Remove Programs. I ensure that the "proprietary software" check-box was ticked. I searched for NVIDIA, then checked the "NVidia binary X.Org 'legacy' driver" option. I clicked "Apply". It seemed to install something. I then went to System Settings --> Monitor and Display --> Hardware (tab). Under Graphics card, I clicked Configure. In the hierarchical list, I went to Drivers, then nvidia. (I think it was nv, previously.) I Selected the Proprietary radio button, as I thought that this would give me the 3D acceleration I wanted. After applying the settings, restarted the computer. Upon rebooting, my display showed a 640x480 resolution. (It was a desirable 1024x768, previously). After a bit of searching, I came upon this document: http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Latest_nvidia_feisty After skim-reading it, the instructions seemed simple and logical enough, so I went ahead and followed "Method 1". I followed the instructions to get the Legacy drivers (71.84). Everything went fine, except sudo nvidia-xconfig --no-composite This showed an error message of some sort, which I cannot remember. However, I think I tried: sudo nvidia-xconfig (i.e. o arguments.) I think this worked -- no error messages came up, as far as I can remember. I restarted the X-server, but again, my resolution was the sub-optimal 640x480. I read ahead to the troubleshooting section, and read the short section on resolution problems. I followed the link (http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/ChangeResolution), and followed the instructions. After running "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and answering the questions it asked, my resolution was back to 1024x768. I was happy :) However, I tried to run the aforementioned games (Briquolo, and Emilia pinball). They did not work. Also, when I run K-Menu --> System --> NVIDIA Settings, I get only get a few options (I would have expected more...). See my file attachment, above. P.S. I will be away from this Ubuntu computer for a week, so I will not be able to reply to this until then. I hope the above helps, nevertheless. -- I tried to run Briquolo, but it crashed. I believe that my OpenGL installation/configuration may be flawed in some way, or my NVIDIA drivers may be badly installed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116382 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
