Install nvidia official drivers 180.22 on Ubuntu 8.10

The idea was inspired by the instructions on:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual

I followed exactly on the instruction says, but the error:

Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module

keeps poping up. And gnome can only start with the resolution of 640*480. After googling around a little bit, I found the following posts:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=38398

To sum up, here is what you need to do:

First, go to System-> Administration -> Hardware Drivers, and disable any active resticted drivers. Ironically, I felt like this step should have already been included in the official instructions posted on ubuntu wiki. However, apparently you need to do this by your own. Then, run

sudo cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices/

It is funny that this step should have done by the nvidia installation script, well, judging from my m$ experiences. But NO! You still need to googling around and find the answer to it. Well, I am not sure if it is included in the nvidia README.txt, but I got no time to read through the 600 line instruction manual. To summarize, I do not think Ubuntu is for lazy people like me. It is still not a linux for human, as they claimed. It's sad.

Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid freezing from idle or after suspension

Affect: Any system that comes with a wireless n card.

Symptom: Freezing from idle or after suspension, LED of capslock frequently flashing.

Fix: sudo apt-get install linux -backports-modules-intrepid

Slow in opening media file with Mplayer/SMplayer in ubuntu

Enable XScreenSaver in Mplayer

Enable ScreenSaver in SMplayer

Resetup Virtualbox Installation

Well, if any error message shows like "no suitable module for running kernel found", it may indicate that the virtualbox installation is not performed well. A resetup may be required, this is the way to do it:

[code]sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup[/code]