How to Install Nvidia Video Drivers In 10.04 Lucid Lynx

1. Open your favorite terminal (ie. Applications->Accessories->Terminal) and uninstall any and all nvidia components installed.

$ sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

2. Next we need to blacklist “nouveau”. Do so by adding the following into /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf with your favorite text editor.

$ sudo blacklist nouvea

3. Install the latest official stable driver from the repository

$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

4. Next we’ll load the Nvidia kernel module

$ sudo modprobe nvidia

5. Verify it’s successful entry via lsmod like so

$ sudo lsmod | grep -i nvidia

6. And one last step, we must create the Nvidia configuration file.

$ sudo nvidia-xconfig