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I installed pure Ubuntu 13.04 and tried to install the restricted driver,but it became yellow-screen after reboot.
I found this question: Ubuntu 13.04 - installation Nvidia driver

I do in this way: 

apt-get remove nvidia*
apt-get install build-essential linux-source linux-headers-`uname -r`
apt-get install  nvidia-current
depmod -a
depmod -a
modprobe nvidia_current

but it says: 

FATAL: Module nvidia_current not found.

so I typed

modprobe nvidia_304
lsmod

which shows, that nvidia is loaded, but when I ran

/etc/init.d/lightdm restart

and logged in, I can only see the background!
Then I ran

nvidia-xconfig reboot

and when it's rebooted, the resolution became small (small? perhaps bad English), and I can still see the background only. What can I do?

Edit: 

$ sudo nvidia-settings
ERROR: The control display is undefined; please run `nvidia-settings --help` for usage information.
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  • can you use nvidia-settings to configure your graphics? – phoeagon May 10 '13 at 13:43
  • @phoeagon No,I can't.
    ``$sudo nvidia-settings

    ERROR: The control display is undefined; please run nvidia-settings --help for usage information.``

     – gjz010 May 11 '13 at 00:19
  • @gjz010 Attention: There is no underline or something else before \uname -r``. Use exactly like this: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-\uname -r``. And, before, only sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-source linux-headers – Radu Rădeanu May 11 '13 at 00:32
  • @Radu sorry,that's only a typing mistake.I did as you say in fact. – gjz010 May 11 '13 at 00:41
  • @gjz010 And use those 2 commands separatly, atention the second is conditioned by the results of the first – Radu Rădeanu May 11 '13 at 00:55
  • I have the same problem with FX5200 With the driver "Nouveau" unity was very slow ... i have found this bug : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/+bug/1173890 –  May 17 '13 at 00:38
  • http://askubuntu.com/questions/153915/how-to-install-drivers-for-nvidia-geforce-fx-5200-on-precise – L.V.A Nov 17 '13 at 13:38

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You should be using nvidia-173, FX5200 is not supported for nvidia-current

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