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Installing graphics driver in Ubuntu

Specs: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 1987 MHz / 2 x 512MB PC3200 DDR RAM / 128MB GeForce 6200 AGP / WD 160GB IDE HDD / FIC AM37 / DB: XP Pro SP3 & Ubuntu 9.10

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Guest [Entry]

"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->Administration->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.

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