Install Nvidia/ATI graphics card driver in Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic)
This post was written by admin on October 31, 2009
Posted Under: General
Posted Under: General
First,install Envyng which is a simple GUI tool that can be used to install/uninstall Video driver for your ubuntu.
Just use one command in terminal(Applications/Accessories/Terminal):
sudo apt-get install envyng-core envyng-qt
This will properly installed envyng with both GUI mode and text mode.
Go to Applications->SystemTools->EnvyNG.
You can easily install the driver by select the recommended one and click on Apply
Alternatively,type this command in terminal:
envyng -t
and type a number in this screen:
Update:By now,envy isn’t available in Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid).You can read this howto about install nvidia driver in ubuntu 10.04
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Reader Comments
Thanks for the HOWTO! Saved me a lot of work.
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BTW: is it possible to install NVIDIA 190 drivers through EnvyNG?
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admin Reply:
April 24th, 2010 at 6:03 am
Ubuntu Wiki said,Envy does not automatically update itself when new upstream drivers are released.but all that’s required is to update the version of the driver in envy and set the new md5 of the installer.
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It seems that it’s easy to install envyng
but when I type the command
“sudo apt-get install envyng-core envyng-qt”
why it shows the message:
Reading package list…Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information…Done
E: Couldn’t find package envyng-core
Could anyone help me?
Thanks a lot~~
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admin Reply:
November 5th, 2009 at 5:49 am
@reiss,try this first:
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easily installed envyng tool. Result says: in my notebook, the installed and enabled driver ATI 8.660-0ubuntu4 seems not the compatible (x) nor recommended 9x) one.. Do you have any suggestion? My note has ATI radeon card and it is flirking and slowing down when i drag and close windows..
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satish Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 5:22 am
whenever any audio are vedio stuff are being played in ununtu,audio output is not available.But this is not same with Windows.
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abbers_01 Reply:
January 17th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
I am having the same issue did you resolve yours and if so how?
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I would like ask you, I am using ati radeon t1600xt, OS ubuntu 9.10 64 bit.Seen install never been able to install the ati driver for it end up no boot screen. If i am using EnvyNg wont have the same problem?
Thank you
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I see the four “items” on the list, but it says that neither one of those four are compatible, nor are they recommended. Any suggestions? :/ Because I really need to install driver updates (since I installed Ubuntu about an hour ago).
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The GUI won’t load in 9.10
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WolfsStar Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
If someone after installing and enabling ati drivers on Ubuntu 9.10 got a black screen after rebooting system, can fix this issue with this mode:
1- Enter in recovery mode and select option Drop to root shell with network ( similar to something else);
2- In your prompt go to /etc/X11
3- Edit like sudo user Xorg.conf file in this mode:
sudo nano /etc/X11/Xorg.conf
4- If your xorg file is not empty, search a string named Device and instead of “fglrx” set “Vesa”;
If your xorg file is empty write into this file where u want: Device “Vesa”
5- Save edited file and reboot your system.
This operation has helped me after I enabled drivers for Ati 3870.
Hope can help someone!!!
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rataplan Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 4:23 am
lots of thanks Wolf’s Star! works great!!!
I was in real trouble (black screen and cursor) after changing my video card to a Radeon HD 3650, and your suggestion was a welcome lifesaver: sure, it’s just a generic configuration so I still cannot squeeze the full resolution potential of the card, but it’s enough until I can spend some more time to tweak the necessary configuration. thanks again!
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WolfsStar Reply:
March 14th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Seeing web documentation I found also a new resolution about black screen. If you use instead of “VESA” under “DRIVERS” a new word “ati” or “radeon”, your screen would be better and you can change also screen resolution. I used “ati” and this helped me to get the standard ati graphic drivers. Vesa is for generic drivers. See this post to enable the 3D acceleration and more. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1313828#td_post_8238823
how to install nvidia linux x86-64- 195.36.15-pkg2.run drivers? Tnx in advance, because I am beginner in Linux.
Goran
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admin Reply:
March 26th, 2010 at 12:08 am
Here’s a guide to install this .run file:http://ubuntuguide.net/install-latest-nvidia-graphics-drivers-in-ubuntu-linux
Hope it could help!
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The envyng installation is a perfect answer.
Thank you very much.
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Thanks alot for this advice. I’m running Zorin OS2 (which is Karmic with extra codecs/features etc – very good system). I managed to get envyNG QT. Its on Softpedia and installed it via synaptic so as to deal with the dependencies.
I’ve just used it to perfectly install an old but unused Nvidia GeforceFX 5200 on my 2.8GHz 500 Mb RAM PC.
Great stuff!
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(Cont. from previous post) Forgot to say also. It wouldn’t boot fully after first plugging in the card before I was able to install the driver. Booted fine second time after restart.
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i installed using hardware drivers and everytime i restart my ubuntu 9.10, it shows 800×600 resolution which is far lower than my original 1280×1024. The special effects still work though. Somebody know the solution? I have a NVIDIA 8400 GS NX84GS series card.
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