What can we say... possibly.. you will need to load the driver as a module in the kernel..
If you have a look at your xorg.conf file there may be some clues. It is probably using the generic "NV" driver. I did read in passing that you can change this call to point at the right driver.. but that is way beyond the scope of the AD linux area.. try the ubuntu forums.
Have you installed the restricted driver? It should be supported in 7.10 from what I see, but Ubuntu doesn't install it by default because it isn't GPL. Restricted drivers are somewhere in the settings menu, should be pretty straightforward to install it.
There should really be some option in the installer to accept personal responsibility and just install video card drivers, DVD and MP3 support by ticking a few boxes, so many people run into this issue.
I looked at envy when I went to set mine up under Ubuntu... It seemed to involve more steps, downloading and dicking around than just getting hands dirty with some (actually pretty basic) command line stuff, and I don't particularly like having to install a whole bunch of stuff that is only ever going to be used once. The fact I didn't have a working network adapter might have inspired me to avoid having to install all the dependencies, or maybe it was the fact that I only had a dialup connection at the time too. Regardless, I seem to recall a lot of unnecessary dicking around for what wasn't that difficult a task.
Just another example of Ubuntu's "user friendliness" showing itself for what it really is I guess.
To find out which modules your kernel has available do this.
-type f -iname "*.o" -or -iname "*.ko"
and look for the nvidia module matching yours.. If not there you can load it by specifying a full path in the xorg.conf file, but I have never had the need.
According to ubuntu the way to do it is this..
Quote:You don't need to use envy, it'll mess up your system. The solution is very easy.
First you need to download the appropriate drivers from the nvidia website and disable the restricted drivers if you have enabled them.
Second, you need to stop gdm, hit alt+ctrl+f2 in ubuntu, now you'll be in CLI mode. stop your gdm.
then you need to install your downloaded drivers, then you need to disable the conflicting restricted drivers by editing linux-restricted-modules-common and change Disabled Modules =" " to "nv nvidia_new"
After that simply restart your gdm
Anyway.. as before.. this thread is a month old. People who want to use modern hardware need to learn to use the specific distro's forums and faq's or they are in for a long and bumpy ride.
