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nVidia Driver for m1710

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11/2/07 at 5:38am
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I finally managed to get 99% of what I want working for my m1710 a la ubuntu concept working. I got flash and AIM and office and everything. The only remaining problem is that my screen has been limited in size to 800x600 resolution. I found a driver on the nvidia site for the GeForce GO 7950GTX (100.14.19), but I can't figure out how to get ubuntu to cooperate enough so I can put the driver in. If someone could spell it out for me in little baby steps so that I can understand it, it'd be greatly appreciated. Everything else has fallen into place except for this, and it's bothering me.

-Jason
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11/2/07 at 2:43pm
This is not the place you want to ask Linux related questions. I know you are asking in regards to your M1710 but most people here do not fiddle with linux. This isn't windows, its quite simple to install a graphics driver.

Open a terminal:
"sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx" and then press ctrl-alt-backspace. That's it.

Ubuntu even gives you some popup I hear that asks you if you want to install the drivers so you do not have to play with the terminal at all.

Now, if you want to be able to use beryl or compiz, there are a few more commands you need, but you will likely have to modify your xorg.conf as well.

Important files/concepts in Linux:
sudo (super user)
chmod (permissions)
/etc/apt/sources.list (repositories)
/etc/X11/xorg.conf (X configuration)
/boot/grub/menu.lst (grub boot menu)

There are obviously more files/concepts you want to understand, but you can start here. If you need further assistance, there are the ubuntu forums or even the Linux forums here.
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