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Since reinstalling Ultimate Edition 2.7, based upon Ubuntu 10.04, I cannot install the Nvidia drivers 195.36.24 or 256.25 64bit drivers. All I get is an error Distribution Pre-Install Script Failed, Unable to load Kernel Module nvidia.ko.

Attached is nvidia-installer log

Hello buschbarber.

please try this solution for the Nvidia.

how i got nvidia to work in 2.7 with the latest drivers
step 1 install and boot into the 2.6.32.21 kernel
step 2 open synaptic and uninstall the 2.6.32.22 kernel i rebooted after this
step 3 run the update using synaptic or the update manager and install the newer 2.6.32.22 kernel and reboot to select
step 4 i use https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates to get the latest nvidia beta drivers but you could now also use synaptic to install the 195 versions
step 5 run from a terminal sudo nvidia-xconfig
step 6 reboot
step 7 for sli only as i have 2 nvidia 9500gt so now i run from a terminal sudo nvidia-xconfig --sli=on then my final reboot and all is well ..........

directions on how to add the ppa are on their website.

hope this helps somebody

Ultimate 2.7 rocks as do all the Ultimate versions
thanks for all the fun to all in the credits upon install

I followed your instructions exactly, removing 22 and reinstalling 22. I did not see that there was a newer version of 22.

I added the ppa, as before, and ran sudo apt-get update.

sudo nvidia-xconfig is not recognized.

It is not apparent that any nvidia drivers are installed.

I had the 256.25 drivers working on Ultimate Edition 2.6, but not on 2.7. I could not find Drama's post.

I finally got the Nvidia drivers to install for kernel 22, but Nvidia-Settings is not in the System/Preferences menu. It seems that when I click on System/Preferences/Monitors, I can get it to appear.

Hello buschbarber.

First I'm very happy for you
If you please add some more Update on what you did on your process for the PPL that will be nice of you.

Well, no matter what I would do, the drivers would not install. I even tried reinstalling Ultimate Edition 2.7 and immediately installing the Nvidia drivers. I tried Purging all the Nvidia stuff, rebooting, and reinstalling the drivers, but they kept failing to install.

I would reboot, login, hit Ctrl/Alt/F1, login, and then run the following:

sudo service gdm stop
sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.24-pkg2.run

Finally, I saw a thread that suggested the following code:

sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.24.run -k $(uname -r)

The drivers installed without error and when I rebooted, the Nvidia logo appeared as I was booting up. Nvidia Settings does not appear in the System/Preferences menu so I thought the drivers were still not installed, but when I clicked on System/Preferences/Monitors, I get the following box?

It appears that your Graphics Driver does not support the necessary extensions to support this tool. Do you want to use your Graphics Driver's tool?

When I say Yes, the Nvidia Settings box comes up.

I edited the System'Preferences Menu and found that Nvidia X Server Settings was checked as well as Monitors, but the Nvidia entry was not showing when I selected System/Preferences with the mouse. When I unchecked Monitors, the Nvidia selection now shows in System/Preferences.

I'm not sure where the proper place to post for 2.6.1 is, but I figure this is as good as any.
NOTE: I was not able to install 2.8 due to my graphics card.

I have installed 2.6.1 with no problems except the highest resolution was 1024x768 or so. All I really want is 1280x1024. I tried activating the driver in hardware drivers, nothing changed except I could use the nvidia app to still be unable to increase resolution. I have tried using the PPA drivers, same deal. Only thing I can think of that I haven't tried is installing from the .run file supplied by nvidia, it wanted me to be out of X and not running the nouveu(sp?) driver, by the time I figured how to do that, alt+ctrl+f1 send me to a screen full of smiley faces and gibberish, no terminal.
I have an evga 240gt with 512mb of ddr5.

I hope someone can help, meanwhile I shall be reinstalling.

The following thread will tell you anything you want to know about installing Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu. It also has the latest drivers updated in the beginning of the thread, every month.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=990978

Thanks for responding.

I initially tried exactly that, but was met with a response that I could not install it without getting rid of the nouveu driver, which once I did that I could no longer alt+ctrl+f1. Other ways, including the PPA install, installed the driver fine, and I could even run compiz. The problem is I cannot find a way to increase my resolution. I tried manually entering it in nvidia's app, but that just limited me to part of the screen. I tried the

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xrandr

command, but I could not achieve anything (also I felt something was configured wrong because it told me my maximum resolution was 8010x8010, hence my attempt at manually installing the drivers.)

Thanks again