ubuntu help for a n00b... how do you install nvidia drivers?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:16 pm

ubuntu 6.06 lts x86
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how do you install the nvidia drivers? i know...

apt-get install packagename
sudo sh blah.run
cd
dir
uname -s

how do i install it? it tells me it cant find the source for my kernel... how do i resolve this issue? (its been 3 days with no real help from the official ubuntu forums)

thanks in advance, franpa.

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Post by **Wally** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:02 pm

Give us tthe exact error...

and the compilation process

Thanks

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:52 am

i figured it out