[CLUG] Ubuntu fails install on nVidia Geforce4

[Robert Sweetnam]

Peter Flynn wrote:
>
> I did download the updated nVidia driver package from nvidia.com, but 
> it won't execute in single-user mode because some of the system 
> daemons won't execute in that mode. In any case, I don't really want 
> them: I want the existing (OSS) nv driver, which I already know works.
>
> I did manage to purge aptitude of all packages containing .*nvidia.* 
> (and their dependencies) so I believe I am now untainted, but before I 
> try to locate and manually install the linux-headers, build-essential, 
> etc .debs, has anyone any bright suggestions about how to coerce the 
> system into loading the nv driver? The problem is that I don't know 
> what it's called, or where it lives, or what to put in /etc/modload.d 
> to make it load at boot time.
>

Hi Peter,

 I presume you can edit xorg.conf? If you can, change the driver entry 
there. IIRC "nv" is nvidia's own driver and "nvidia" is the OSS one.

Cheers
Robert