[nikki81]

yes ive got the cd in the drive but i burnt it on a windows setup if that makes a difference

[pumkinut]

Why do you have spaces, at least they look like spaces, in your
sudo sh /media/<device-name>/nvidia-driver-name.pkg.run command?

Specifically, it looks like you have a space between media and /CD and so on, i.e. it looks like /media /cd /NVIDIA...., when it should be /media/CD/NVIDIA....

Just a question, as this does not explain why your optical drive is not mounting under /media.

Another question, if you navigate to / and perform an ls command, does /media even show up?

[nikki81]

i did it with and without spaces and the result was the same

[techmad]

Run the following commands and let me know the output of each:

Code:

ls /dev/cd*

and

Code:

ls /dev/dvd*

Just out of interest, did you burn the disc as a data disc and can you see its content on a windows machine?

[nikki81]

yes i burnt it as data i can see it on my windows pc

[bas.t]

what is the content of your /etc/apt/sources.list?

and if you have any, the *.list files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

[nikki81]

thanks for all your help i think ill just install ubuntu and then xbmc or just go back to using micro$oft media center as it shouldnt be this awkward to set a simple video driver up !!!

[Wozza_au]

Hi
I very much doubt the current video drivers will support a nvidia mx440...pretty sure the min requirements for xbmc live video is GeForce 6 Series
Wozza