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I have a Thinkpad T61p with Quadro FX570M. I just installed the Ubuntu 11.10. I have tried to download the driver LINUX DISPLAY DRIVER - X86 version 295.20 from NVIDIA, but I do not manage to install it. If I open System > Screens, there is an unknovn screen driver.

My installation works fine except, fails on resume with a black and white pattern all over the screen and I have difficulties detecting an external monitor.

Please, if you have any clue - help me out.

Hurumhei
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You can install the latest drivers for NVidia doing this:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings

if anything goes wrong, simply purge the ppa:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
fossfreedom
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The Messie
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launch jockey-gtk by pressing alt+f2 and then typing in jockey-gtk. It will list the drivers that apply for your hardware. Activate the Nvidia ones.

Otherwise, to install it from the Nvidia download, you would need to exit X-Server and run it there, which is more complicated and shouldn't be necessary. If you install it from jockey it will also be easier to keep the drivers up to date.

Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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d_inevitable
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I had similar issue with my ThinkPad t510 that had Intel display driver and Nvidia GT218 [NVS 3100M} driver. This is how I was able to switch default display driver to NVIDIA.

First clean-up any third-party NVIDIA drivers (in case you have them)

sudo apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

Then perform the following steps (as listed above by Messie, except the last line which includes --reinstall to cleanup the existing installation)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get --reinstall install nvidia-current nvidia-settings

Reboot laptop and hold F-1 to get to the BIOS setup (thinkpad BIOS Setup).

go to Display
switch "Graphics Device" from "NVIDIA Optimus" to "Discrete Graphics"
change "OS Detection for NVIDIA Optimus" to "Disabled"
Save using F10 and let the boot continue

Now your laptop should be using NVIDIA as you can confirm by

nvidia-settings

To revert just reverse the listed steps.

jsh
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