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nVidia 8500gt and dial up

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hi this is Safari.i received ubuntu 8.10 today and am very exited about it.after exploring it for a bit i came to know that my video drivers were not installed(new to ubuntu so didnt know i would do it manually).i have been using ubuntu since and long and now want to enter HUMANITY.i have the drivers CD.its nvidia 8500gt.please give detailed information on how to install these drivers.
PLUS i only have access to a dial up internet connection.so tell me how to connect to it.i have gone thru the ubuntu official documentation but understood shit(its all due to ignorance not ubuntu's fault).so please explain in detail each and every step.i will be very thankful otherwise i wouldnt be able to use ubuntu fully

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Antonio Giungato (antonio-giungato) said : 		#1

According to http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/169.12/README/appendix-a.html your card is supported by Ubuntu 8.04 NVIDIA binary drivers. So you just need to go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers and check the box to enable the restricted drivers for your NVIDIA card if the option is provided.

If the restricted driver remains unactivated after attempting to activate it in the Hardware Drivers dialog, you may not have the appropriate linux headers installed to compile the driver. Ensure that the linux-headers-XXX and linux-restricted-modules-XXX packages are installed, where XXX matches the version of the kernel you are using (linux-image-XXX).

If the activation hangs on download/install dialog, you can install the driver using System->Administrations->Synaptic Package Manager, make sure you pick the latest driver version recommended by the "Hardware Drivers" tool and all its dependencies. Go to Hardware Drivers tool and activate the driver you just installed.

The Hardware Drivers tool may not work properly on machines that have previously used third party tools like 'Envy' or manual installation to install previous drivers. You should remove those drivers before attempting to install using the built in tool.

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Antonio Giungato (antonio-giungato) said : 		#2

According to http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/169.12/README/appendix-a.html your card is supported by Ubuntu 8.04 NVIDIA binary drivers. So you just need to go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers and check the box to enable the restricted drivers for your NVIDIA card if the option is provided.

If the restricted driver remains unactivated after attempting to activate it in the Hardware Drivers dialog, you may not have the appropriate linux headers installed to compile the driver. Ensure that the linux-headers-XXX and linux-restricted-modules-XXX packages are installed, where XXX matches the version of the kernel you are using (linux-image-XXX).

If the activation hangs on download/install dialog, you can install the driver using System->Administrations->Synaptic Package Manager, make sure you pick the latest driver version recommended by the "Hardware Drivers" tool and all its dependencies. Go to Hardware Drivers tool and activate the driver you just installed.

The Hardware Drivers tool may not work properly on machines that have previously used third party tools like 'Envy' or manual installation to install previous drivers. You should remove those drivers before attempting to install using the built in tool.

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