2011-09-18, 05:13 PM
Just a footnote: I followed this guide (and Anyweb's earlier one) on an XBMC install, based upon Ubuntu 10.04.3 - the script ran fine, but the files got installed into another location and some symlinks pointing /usr/X11/modules over to /usr/X11/nvidia-current didn't work properly.
I tried creating another directory and moved some of the driver files in there piecemeal, testing X by creating another config file and starting it with that one, and managed to get a display working but without the OpenGL drivers, which XBMC needed. I ended up uninstalling all nVivida packages, ran the script, installed nvidia-alternatives then re-ran the script... and everything worked!
This is for a 6600GT dropped into a small shuttle PC that I'm going to use as a media player, so the card doesn't need to have exceptional performance, but good enough for a widescreen analogue TV.
Anyway: I mainly wanted to express my thanks to Anyweb and all other contributors for their forum posts on this one. Trying to decypher the Xorg config files, understand cryptic messages in the log files and configure a graphical display without any consistent tools is damned frustrating. I deffo wouldn't have attempted it without raiding these posts for some useful information beforehand.