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I give up, I've been reading forums all day and most of the stuff I've tried has led to a blank screen after logging in after reboot (No menus) which I've fixed by re-installing as I found it fastest as it was a fresh install anyways :P

My laptop is a Samsung NP-RV520-S02SE with a Nvidia GT 520M graphics card.

As you probably understand I'm fairly new to Ubuntu. I've also tried downloading the .run file from nvidia.com/drivers which gives me some error after loading for a while or I might be opening it wrong.

Any kind soul could help me out getting my drivers installed properly?

Totte
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  • have you tried installing the driver from Nvidias site or directly from "Additional drivers" in Ubuntu?. Also: which version of Ubuntu are you running? – phipsalabim Feb 19 '13 at 15:42
  • This is what I get

    totte@Totte-Ubuntu:~$ lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 520M] (rev a1)

     – Totte Feb 19 '13 at 15:58
  • Forgot to mention that I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and yes, I've tried installing from Nvidias site. Haven't tried "Additional drivers", not sure which one to chose. – Totte Feb 19 '13 at 21:19

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DON'T EVER INSTALL DRIVERS DIRECTLY FROM NVIDIA OR AMD

I will assume you didn't install anything. In the terminal run: 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

If your card is NOT Optimus enabled run:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-313 nvidia-settings

reboot

If your card IS Optimus enabled run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia linux-headers-generic

reboot

phipsalabim
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  • No I did not install anything, simply fresh install. That give me weird resolution again, where I can't see any menus or anything :/ Then is said "Graphics: VESA somethingsomething" in the Details thing. It asked me to update, so I did, then rebooted and the resolution went back to normal but now it says "Graphics: Unknown" again :P – Totte Feb 19 '13 at 23:05
  • Though stuff as the Dashboard menu feels way faster now.. ;o – Totte Feb 19 '13 at 23:12
  • In terminal run: sudo nvidia-xconfig logout and back in (or possibly reboot... not sure) – phipsalabim Feb 19 '13 at 23:13
  • So I did, said some file didn't exist so it created it, then I rebooted. Not sure what that did though :P – Totte Feb 19 '13 at 23:28
  • After you created the empty xorg.conf file did you run sudo nvidia-xconfig again? The "Graphics Unknown" thing in "System Settings > Details" is a harmless bug. You can fix it by running sudo apt-get install mesa-utils. Other than that is everything running ok? – phipsalabim Feb 19 '13 at 23:41
  • Yep, everything appears to be working as it should now. Thank you very much. – Totte Feb 19 '13 at 23:46
  • No problem. Please close the question so that others may find an answer quickly. – phipsalabim Feb 19 '13 at 23:50
  • How do I close it? =P I'm blind, can't find it anywhere. – Totte Feb 20 '13 at 00:05
  • had to google it myself. I'm new here. There should be a tick mark next to an answer (I don't see it since its not my question). Click it to accept the answer. – phipsalabim Feb 20 '13 at 00:11