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["Michael E. Adams" <655078@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

I have attached (I hope I did it correctly - if I didn't, I will post
the script in a follow-on comment) a command line bash script to
automate the installation of version 256.53 of the nvidia driver. It
will download all necessary .deb packages (i.e. you must have an active
Internet connection) and other Ubuntu packages necessary to install and
run. Simply get to a virtual terminal (ctrl-alt-F2) or text login and
execute this script (i.e. the file must have executable file permissions
enabled):

./my_nvidia.sh

Note that this script will be downloading files to the directory from
which the script is called. I always work out of a ~/workdir/nvidia
directory in order to contain all files.

During the installation, you must pay attention to answer prompts along
the way. For example, select 0 (i.e. the nvidia-current, auto mode
alternate driver) when prompted.

If the script executes correctly, you can safely ignore warning messages
that might appear along the way. If it doesn't execute correctly, you
will need to try to work through the error messages to perform
diagnostics. This script is throw-away code, so I didn't spend any time
exception handling.

I wrote this script to allow me to return to a working configuration
should future bug fix releases not quite work out as planned or if I
accidentally re-install the nvidia upgrade package that caused this mess
for me in the first place.

Good luck,
Mike


** Attachment added: "command line bash script to install nvidia 256.53 driver"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/655078/+attachment/1691336/+files/my_nvidia.sh

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