Papa6 Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 I got this tidbit of into from the ubuntu howto webpage. the webpage is found Here and it works 100%. Now my screensavers rock. If Rocky would be so kind as to setup a Linux forum so i and others can help those who want to try or setup a linux partition. How to install Graphics Driver (NVIDIA) * Read #General Notes * Read #How to add extra repositories sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-common sudo nvidia-xconfig * Should the above not enable the new driver, you can enable it manually by opening the X config file: sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf * and replacing "nv" with "nvidia" * Read #How to restart GNOME without rebooting computer * Enable XvMC by creating the nVidia XvMC configuration file sudo gedit /etc/X11/XvMCConfig * Insert the following line into the new configuration file, to tell the players the name of the nVidia XvMC shared library: libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 * To use XvMC to accelerate video playback, use the following flags. See [[2]] for more details. xine -V xxmc filename.ts mplayer -vo xvmc -vc ffmpeg12mc filename.ts Notes; sudo is a command to get a user to execute a command reserved for the secured root user. you will be prompted to enter the password you gave when you installed ubuntu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giampi Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Great topic. I tried Ubuntu 1 month ago and after few days of great enthusiasm I dropped it since I could not install the Nvidia drivers. I'm going to reinstall it again soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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