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nVidia in Linux

How to install nVidia drivers in Linux with the Geforce video card:

From your preferred shell run:
wget http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-4363/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1 .0-4363.run

Type su and type your root password.

Run sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run and follow any prompts.

Modify /etc/X11/XF86Config in the following ways:
  1) Change Driver “nv” to Driver “nvidia”
  2) Remove the lines Load “dri” and Load “GLcore” if they are present

Type exit to get out of the root account.

Run startx and X should work perfectly.<br/> -m