Ubuntu – Cannot make NVIDIA driver work with Ubuntu 12.10

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I seem to have a problem similar to many but I didn't manage to get it solved:

  • have a Lenovo N581 with an NVIDIA GeForce 610M
  • have just installed a fresh Ubuntu 12.10 64 bits, + KDE
  • and am trying to have my NVIDIA card work.

Have tried all workarounds posted: purge nvidia, install kernel source/headers and then reinstall nvidia-current-updates (or just nvidia-current), do "sudo nvidia-xconfig".

It does create a xorg.conf but does not much (no Module Section by the way). The result is that my system (jokey) tells me that the driver is there but not in use and I only get a 640×480 resolution. If I try to launch nvidia-settings it does indeed tell me that the nvidia driver is not used.

I do all this under kde but I guess it does matter at this stage.

Any hint of how to resolve this? I feel stuck and cannot use any of the acceleration which is partly why I got that laptop in the first place…

thanks for any help/advise you may provide!

Best Answer

The working solution can be found at the link below:

  • Make sure to have the system up to date first (so the new kernel is applied first).

https://askubuntu.com/a/202680/111057

It allows nVidia driver deb to compile the kernel boot module as it's installing, but it fails without the correct packages (that are not included by default and not a dependency of the nVidia drivers deb/package directly). After I did the above fix I had full resolution on Ubuntu 12.10, Mint v14 and Kubuntu 12.10.

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