Install Nvidia Geforce 9 series driver in Linux

Installing Geforce 9 series Driver on Linux!

Posted by Hisham on May 23, 2010 in Design · 2 Comments

Installing your Geforce driver on Windows Box is surely a easy or familiar task ! But doing the same on Linux Box can drive you nuts if you are a starter! Especially if you are using a Linux distro which doesn’t provide good Package Installer! ( synaptic, Yast, Yum e.t.c).

So now i am gonna tell you step by step the process of installing the driver on your linux box:

First download the driver from Nvidia Website

left nav gtx480 Installing Geforce 9 series Driver on Linux!

Now close down all the programs that are running in your GUI.

After closing all application you need to switch to a Textmode Terminal press Ctrl + Alt + F1. Login with your username and password.

Now you need to shutdown you X Server a.k.a GUI mode . Type

telinit 3

run this with root permissions ( su or sudo) . This will drop you to runlevel 3 which is Multiuser Textmode only.

cd into the directory where you downloaded the driver file. To give it execute permission use

chmod +x <filename>

./<filename>

above will execute the file. A installer will popup in front of you and the rest in easy as 1 2 3 . Execute the driver file with root permission because the driver asks for updating xorg.conf

After the installation finishes you dont need to restart your system! That cool about Linux Modular Kernel