Post date: 18-Sep-2010 07:09:05
There could be a number of reasons why you might want to update your NVIDIA binary driver. If you run into any of those you probably prefer a clean and seamless way of updating the driver. One such way is using a the X Updates PPA. You will always find the latest NVIDIA driver uploaded in this PPA. In order to use it - execute the commands in a Terminal:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-*.list* && sudo apt-get update
After a reboot the latest NVIDIA driver should be powering your X session!
In case you haven't enabled the NVIDIA binary driver you might want to know how to do it in an easy automated way. Follow these simple steps in order to just that:
sudo jockey-text -e xorg:nvidia_current
If you experience any problems enabling the driver, you could try enabling it via System > Administration > Hardware Drivers. Sometimes multiple disable/enable cycles are required.