2009-08-06, 20:26
jonathan_will08 Wrote:Thanks, I think the problem I am having is because I only have Ubunty Jaunt minimal and am not sure that the nvidia drivers are installing correctly.
I don't really want to install the full blown ubuntu desktop as I am affraid this may affect the smoothness of playback for hi def?
Ideally I want XBMC installed as per this guide. Do you know how to manually install the drivers from a removable devise such as USB drive? using the terminal of course as it is only Ubuntu terminal. If I do it this may hopefully I can rule out whether it is the drivers that is causing the problem.
Cheers.
I think the problem is with his directions, replace Intrepid at the end with Jaunty. I have video on minimal ubuntu by manually installing the driver from Nvidia's website (old method) and Rachel's PPA method (new method) and both work as planned. I prefer doing it manually though. If you want to do it manually follow these directions:
1.
Code:
sudo apt-get install xorg build-essential gcc linux-headers-`uname -r` -y
2. Download latest drivers from nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx
3. Copy download to your home drive /home/xbmc on your ubuntu box using WinSCP.
4.
Code:
sudo sh NVIDIA*.run
5. Follow the instructions pressing OK and Accept all the way through. At the end it will ask if you want to create a valid config file, say yes.