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I had Ubuntu 7.10 working just fine with this graphics card. Then I updated it to 8.04 and now my max resolution is only 800x600. I went to nVidia site and downloaded the "nvidia-linux-x86-96.43.07-pkg1.run" driver. I can't run it from the terminal even as SU. If I right click that file and then select "open with other application" and then choose "use a custom command" and type in "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.07-pkg1.run" my hard drive starts making noise and the light blinks, but after a minute it stops. Then I go to the screen resolution menu and I still have only a max of 800x600. I'd like at least 1024x768 or 1280x1024 resolution. Am I doing something wrong? It worked great before I updated to 8.04 so something in the new kernel must have changed. When I go to system - administration - hardware and tell it to use the nVidia proprietary drivers, it downloads a package and then tells me to reboot. I reboot and my login screen is all messed up (has white boxes with missing background fill) but the text I type to login is noticeably smaller. When I log in, it lowers my max resolution down to 640x480 and that's as high as it can go. Suggestions?

I've seen similar cases, seems they messed up with 8.04. Well, in this case, your video card didn't get detected properly. You can try reconfiguring it by typing this in a terminal: $sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Restart X and see what happens. If still doesn't work, go edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, in the "Device" section, add or modify the "Driver" entry, like this: Section "Device" Identifier "Geforce" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" [b] Driver "nv"[/b] EndSection With this you will have no 3D (nv is the free driver). As for the nvidia driver, you'll have to install it this way: open a terminal pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, put your username and password, and you have to stop X before installing the driver, like this: $sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop after this, go to the folder where you downloaded the nvidia driver, like this: $cd /home/user/downloads and now install the driver manually: $sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.07-pkg1.run follow the instructions on the screen, and you'll have a properly installed driver afterwards; restart X like this: $sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start Hope this helps.