Ubuntu graphics problem with Nvidia Graphics Card

3 February, 2007 (12:14) | Linux, technical

So I posted recently about my new found love for Ubuntu linux. I did have some problems getting it installed though. I would boot up the Live CD and, even in safe graphics mode, I would get a garbled screen once Ubuntu had started off.

This was kind of a showstopper since all the solutions I saw involved already having ubuntu installed and loaded. Thanks to the guys on #ubuntu I learned about the alternate install CD and managed to get that on. I still had the same problem but could get into the recovery mode console and so here is what I did (with help from various internet postings)

  1. install ubuntu form the alternate install cd
  2. boot into the recovery console
  3. type “sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg”
  4. set the video type to be “vesa”
  5. reboot normally - hey, it works!
  6. install Automatix
  7. Let Automatix install the Nvidia drivers (together with lots of other cool things)

and you’re done!

UPDATE

corrected the typo pointed out by elijah below

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Comment from elijah
Date: March 25, 2007, 20:57

#3 type “sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-org”

it should be

#3 type “sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg”

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