[Ubuntu] 9.10 install Nvidia driver

After upgrading to 9.10, kernel version is 2.16.31.1x. If you want to install Nvidia official driver, you'll get some error messge, and can't complete it. I found the bin file that need to be patched. The following is the steps:

1. Go to Nvidia site to download driver (version: 185.18.14)
2. Download the Script and save it in the same location of driver(right click to save it.)(filename:nvidia-185.18.14.patch)

3. Open Terminal and go to the location of downloaded driver. Execute the following command

./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2.run --apply-patch nvidia-185.18.14.patch

then will generate a new file , the name is like NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2-custom.run

4. Install patched Nvidia driver

4.1 ctrl+alt+F1

4.2 shutdown X window

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

4.3 run the driver installer

sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.14-pkg2-custom.run

4.4 Start X window

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

Reference:Installing Nvidia 185.18.14 driver on Ubuntu 9.10 (or any system running a 2.3.1 kernel)