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Script to install NVIDIA drivers into Ubuntu feisty (7.04).
- zeroflag
- Thursday, April 12th, 2007 at 10:29:08am UTC
- #!/bin/bash
- #################################################################
- #
- # Simple script to install NVIDIA's driver packages into ubuntu (Tested with feisty x64).
- # Copyright (C) 2007 Thomas "zeroflag" Kraemer
- #
- # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
- # of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- #
- # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- # GNU General Public License for more details.
- #
- #################################################################
- # I KNOW this script looks like crap but this is the first bash script I've done, ever.
- # plus, I only used linux for a couple of days so if anything goes wrong, feel free to complain, but it's still on you. ;)
- wm="gdm"
- if [[ "$1" = "-k" || "$1" = "-kde" || "$1" = "--kde" ]]; then
- wm="kde"
- shift;
- fi
- platform=`uname -m`
- lib="lib"
- if [ "$platform" = "x86_64" ]; then
- lib="lib64"
- echo "Working with x86_64 Platform and Window Manager $wm."
- else
- echo "Working with x86 Platform and Window Manager $wm."
- fi
- if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
- echo "Usage:"
- echo "nvidia_install [-k] <nvidia_driver_package.run> [autoconfig]"
- echo "nvidia_install download"
- echo ""
- echo " -k: Works with KDE instead of Gnome."
- echo " <nvidia_driver_package.run>:"
- echo " A nvidia driver package for linux."
- echo " e.g. NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9755-pkg2.run"
- echo " autoconfig: "
- echo " Will run nvidia-xconfig after installation."
- echo " Otherwise you'll have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf yourself."
- echo ""
- echo " download:"
- echo " Will run w3m on http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html so you can download a kernel."
- echo ""
- echo "WARNING: This will remove all restricted modules!"
- echo "IMPORTANT: DO NOT RUN THIS SCRIPT FROM A GNOME/KDE TERMINAL!!!"
- exit 0
- fi
- exit 0
- #set -x
- set -e
- if [ "$1" = "download" ]; then
- sudo apt-get -y install w3m
- w3m http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
- else
- file=$1
- folder=${file%.run}
- echo "Will extract $file to $folder"
- echo "Stopping $wm..."
- sudo /etc/init.d/$wm stop
- echo "Retrieving required packages..."
- sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential gcc gcc-3.4 xserver-xorg-dev
- echo "Puring restricted modules and old nvidia packages..."
- sudo apt-get -y --purge remove linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r` linux-restricted-modules-common nvidia-glx nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-common
- sudo rm -f /etc/init.d/nvidia-*
- echo "Removing old driver folder..."
- sudo rm -f -r $folder
- echo "Extracting nvidia driver package..."
- bash $file --extract-only
- echo "Entering extracted folder..."
- cd $folder
- echo "Running the installer..."
- sudo ./nvidia-installer -n -s -a --no-questions --x-prefix=/usr/$lib/xorg/ --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r`
- echo "Installation finished."
- if [ $2 = autoconfig ]; then
- echo "Automated configuration..."
- echo "Preparing configuration..."
- sudo apt-get -y install nvidia-xconfig
- echo "Running configuration..."
- sudo nvidia-xconfig
- fi
- echo "Restarting $wm..."
- sudo /etc/init.d/$wm restart
- echo "Done."
- fi
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