Public bug reported: Ubuntu 11.10
(a)https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia (b)https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual (a) I'm thinking it probably should be "Nouveau, an open source driver, is installed by default. To prevent conflicts with the nvidia driver, you should remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package(which contains the nouveau module), or you should at the very least blacklist it" sudo apt-get --purge remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau or echo -e \\nblacklist nouveau\\n >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf " Original: " Removing Nouveau (advanced/expert users) Nouveau, an open source driver, is installed by default. It's possible to remove it completely, but it is not necessary and therefor not recommended. If you still desire to remove it, you can do so by entering the following command in a terminal: sudo apt-get --purge remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau " (b) This page is out of date.. gdm is not the starter for X, but lightdm+(the other stuff it calls) I was able to confirm I had to blacklist it at least with Nvidia*run There's also missing info about uninstalling any *nvidia* and nouveau packages not needed before running Nvidia*run dpkg -l|grep -i nouveau dpkg -l|grep -i nvidia and apt-get remove -common* -current* and the others as necessary ..and some other commands related to updating this page for 11.10 (relating to lightdm and running Nvidia) stop lightdm start lightdm chmod +x Nvidia* then running ./Nvidia* ** Affects: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876294 Title: blacklisting nouveau or apt-get purging To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/876294/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
