NVIDIA 5200m driver not working
I am currently running a dell e6430 with a NVIDIA 5200m card in it running ubuntu 12.10. I have been trying to install the driver for this card with 12.04 and even xubuntu and have been unsucessful. when looking at nvidia-settings it states that I am not using the nvidia x-driver and to install the nvidia-xconfig file in order for this function to work. This also does nothing.
I have tried installing this card through apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings as well as
trying to add the repository sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-
and this fails to update as it cant find the correct update for the repository
I also tried downloading the official driver off of NVIDIA's web page. Everytime I install this driver my screen defaults to 640x480 and I cannot get it back to display the full screen. My screen also goes to 640x480 if I try installing the xconfig file.
One user suggested "sudo apt-get install linux-source) and headers (sudo apt-get install linux-headers-
I am at a loss here for fixing this issue and praying to the Ubuntu gods that there is a fix out there somewhere!
Any help would be greatly appreciated or even a hint on what step to take next as I feel like I have ran out of options.
Thanks
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