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nvidia drivers for ubuntu 8.04 nad later versions

Asked by Hiten

hi all,

  when i try to install my mother board drivers on ubuntu 8.04 with the help of the motherboard CD, it isnt detecting the exe files of the CD in the first place. how can i install them on ubuntu i hav tried many files from the links provided above and still failed to add drivers to my ubuntu . i cannot connect to internet coz i dont hav a network driver in first place, plz help me get started with this drivers thing..

  i know linux users are smart and cook themselves to eat.. well am a rookie in linux plz help start
  if the forthcoming ubuntu 9.04, is able to fix this probs directly do mention so i can wait for it

my hardware versions and info

Processor.... Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2160 (1MB l2 cache)
Mainboard.... BIOSTAR Group GH7050V-M7 SE
Video card.... NVIDIA GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i (chipset)
bios version.. RN4.03B-NF73

thank you..
Hiten

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Philip Muškovac (yofel) said : 		#1

First of all, the .exe files on the driver cd are for windows. If the network doesn't work out of the box you might be able to use the windows network drivers with the help of ndiswrapper but I don't know how to use that in details. The nvidia drivers can be installed over system->administration->hardware drivers (or something like that).
Also, did you try it with Ubuntu 8.10? That's the latest stable release.
If you want to know if your hardware works with Ubuntu 9.04 the easiest way would be for you to test it yourself using the testing release of 9.04 with a live-cd or live-usb-drive (http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/jaunty/beta - be warned: only use it on a live media until the final release even if it seems to work fine!)

For more direct help you could ask in the IRC support channels on irc.freenode.net:
#ubuntu (all ubuntu versions up to 8.10)
#ubuntu+1 (9.04)

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