Trouble with GeForce 440 Go and Ubuntu Linux 7.4

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With Ubuntu Linux 7.04 I cannot for the life of me get my Toshiba Satellite 1955-S801 laptop's video card to install correctly.  Ubuntu apparently has issues with the GeForce 440 Go (32MB), and I don't understand enough about the nuances of Linux to follow along with some of the terminal commands some of the web sites I've found are suggesting.  Because my screen res was maxed out at 1024x768 with the generic video driver, I did go into xorg.conf and edit it to display 1280x1024 (the laptop's native res).  

Any suggestions on a 3rd party video driver?  

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Steve Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Cerebral Assassin Joined: June 06 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 712	Post Options Post Reply Quote Steve Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Trouble with GeForce 440 Go and Ubuntu Linux 7.4 Posted: August 03 2007 at 1:56pm
	With Ubuntu Linux 7.04 I cannot for the life of me get my Toshiba Satellite 1955-S801 laptop's video card to install correctly. Ubuntu apparently has issues with the GeForce 440 Go (32MB), and I don't understand enough about the nuances of Linux to follow along with some of the terminal commands some of the web sites I've found are suggesting. Because my screen res was maxed out at 1024x768 with the generic video driver, I did go into xorg.conf and edit it to display 1280x1024 (the laptop's native res). Any suggestions on a 3rd party video driver?

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duke_tx Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group All out of gum. Joined: June 06 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1853	Post Options Post Reply Quote duke_tx Report Post Quote Reply Posted: August 03 2007 at 2:20pm
	Dunno, I've always just used the official nvidia linux driver (never had a prob with it myself).


Steve Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Cerebral Assassin Joined: June 06 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 712	Post Options Post Reply Quote Steve Report Post Quote Reply Posted: August 03 2007 at 2:32pm
	yeah...seems to be a problem with that card in particular. That laptop is pretty old now, so it's not unexpected, but it'd be nice to get the full linux experience. This looks like the best solution, but I borked it up apparently and got a blank screen on boot afterward. http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

Steve Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Cerebral Assassin Joined: June 06 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 712	Post Options Post Reply Quote Steve Report Post Quote Reply Posted: October 10 2007 at 12:25pm
	For the record, I never did get a "true" video driver for my laptop, but I did manage to edit xorg.conf to allow 1280x1024 resolution.