Let me begin this post by saying “I’m sorry.” A year or two ago I wrote an article about how I got my NVidia 9600 GT graphics card to work correctly on Ubuntu 8.04. Since that time, I have restructured my website and no longer have the original article. It looks like there are still a lot of people needing help with getting drivers to work for the 9600 GT chipset because it is still actively being linked to from many different Ubuntu sites and forums. These are the people I’m writing this follow up post for.
My desktop system now runs the latest stable release of Ubuntu, which at the time of this writing is 8.10 with the release of Jaunty 9.04 right around the corner. Fortunately, I didn’t have to do anything special to get the 9600 GT to work with this version of Ubuntu. I would highly recommend anyone using an older version of Ubuntu to upgrade to the latest version, not only for the latest NVidia drivers but also for the large list of other software that is now available to you.
If you have Ubuntu 8.10 or later installed, you can use the “Hardware Drivers” program found under the System->Administration menu to properly detect and install the best drivers for your card. After doing this, I rebooted my system and had full use of my NVidia 9600 GT, along with all the compiz fanciness that comes with it.
Hope this helps.
Thanks, good to know this. Can you inform me if the 9600 supports dual screen under ubuntu 8.10?
I know single screen worked great under 8.10 but I’m not sure about dual screen. All I used was one monitor and the RGB Component out cable for my TV. After you installed the binary NVIDIA drivers, did you also install the “nvidia-settings” package through Synaptic? If not, you can install it through System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager. Once it’s installed, you can run the NVIDIA settings utility through System->Administration->NVIDIA X Server Settings. That program gives you control to change all of the settings for your monitors.
Hello. I think the article is really interesting. I am even interested in reading more. How soon will you update your blog?
I just got a nvidia Geforce 9600 GT I was wandering If it will work on Ubuntu Jaunty or shud I stay with Ubuntu Intrepid. The motherboard I am using is M2n68-vm .
I use Jaunty at home with an NVIDIA 9600 GT and it works just fine. Just make sure you install the binary NVIDIA driver so you can fully utilize your graphics card. You can do that in GNOME by going to the System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers menu, and select the highest NVIDIA driver number that you see in that list.
hi Adam Spotton My name is John Papineau I Live in Canada B.C . One of the project that I am working on is testing and installing Harware that is compatible with Ubuntu Intrepid and Ubuntu jaunty. I started to work with Ubuntu because it was a way to build and upgrade and recycle computer and also make computers afordable to all people . I run a Linux ubuntu group and I work on many project in this area . I also work on project that make power source , for example using clean energy like the sun to power device from computer to other thing we use. I do not know if you are intrested in these type of project.
Have a good day
I have to say thank you! I am running a 9600GT and it was as simple as activating the best driver. Thanks again!