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I have installed ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop. In live mode, ubuntu booted in "3d" mode. But after installing it would always login in 2d mode. I have nvidia graphics card geforce gt 540m. Should I install any extra packages? What could be the problem?

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Have you installed any drivers?

Run sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updatesin terminal.

Then press ctrl-alt-f1 in desktop and run

sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm stop
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings
sudo reboot
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  • nvidia-current is already installed. when I have run nvidia-xconfig, an error message has come up Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".

    VALIDATION ERROR: Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Device section "Default Device" must have a Driver line.

    Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup' New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

     –  Jun 05 '12 at 14:19
  • what is the output when you type sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings ? – dlin Jun 05 '12 at 14:23
  • I ran nvidia-xconfig after killing lightdm. But now the screen is in a poorer resolution, and open the nvidia-settings window still prompts "run nvidia-xconfig as root" –  Jun 05 '12 at 14:33
  • the output is that the packages are already installed –  Jun 05 '12 at 14:33