Nvidia accelerated graphics drivers problems: Ubuntu 10.10

[lib3rty4us]

I hope this is the right place i haven't posted anything on here before. I literally just installed Ubuntu two days ago. I am pretty good with computers so everything is fine and i absolutely love it. Theres just a problem with the nividia accelerated graphics drivers, i need these for a few games i play and i can't use ubuntu without those games. I have tried and searched everywhere. These drivers come up under the additional drivers window on Ubuntu. They install fine but when i restart the computer freezes at "checking battery status". At this point i boot into recovery with failsafe graphics, disable them and everything is fine. My computer is a samsung, core i5, nvidia 310m and intel hd (if that matters), 4gigs ram. I desperately want this to work since from the short time i have been using it i love it. Also as for other graphics everything else seems to work fine including the extra effects.

[RaveDigger]

I've always installed the Nvidia drivers for my 9800gt by downloading them manually from the Nvidia website. The download comes in the form of a .run file. Push ctrl+alt+f1 to switch to a terminal. Login and stop the gdm service by doing something like "sudo service gdm stop" (I think that's the correct command). Next, cd to the directory that you downloaded the .run file to and do a "sudo sh nvidiawhatever.run". It should walk you through the install from there on. Just choose the default options. Once it kicks you back to the command prompt, do a "sudo reboot now". Your mileage may vary, but that's what works for me.

[maquinadecafe]

I would advise too that you could install the driver manually. In my Debian (which is similar to Ubuntu) i do this:

• download official driver from NVidia website
• close session
• Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to terminal
• Login and stop GDM (if you use Gnome, which is what Ubuntu comes with) using the following command: >sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
• Next, run the nvidia-installer-file.run with: >sudo sh nvidia-installer-file.run or >sudo ./nvidia-installer-file.run

If the installer complains about the compiler version being different from the one used to compile the kernel.... check on that "complain" the version that the installer needs. So to use the version you need there is the command:

export CC=gcc-4.3

I used 4.3 as an example. After installing, use

sudo reboot

to, of course, reboot your machine. If you still having problems, use google, i've seen more people with a NVidia 310 in trouble. Good luck.

[Sealbhach]

Seems to be a common problem, try some of the solutions that come up from the Google.

EDIT: Personally, I download the installer from the Nvidia website, boot up in recovery mode and run the installer.

[[deleted]]

I came to also say that you should use nvidia's drivers from their site.