It is widely known that the Nvidia 190.25 (beta) driver is currently under development and most notably it brings support for OpenGL 3.2. However, users find in the Nvidia 190.25 driver update no additional features without some fixes. Some of the new characteristics include supports for rejecting video modes based upon DisplayPort bandwidth to fix some corruption issues, an initialization fix for some NVIDIA mobile GPUs, a workaround for an X Server bug, and a nvidia-settings crash fix when displaying GPU information with Xinerama.
Here is the small tip for you to install Nvidia 190.25 (beta) driver in ubuntu, however, you should remember that your system might break afkter installing these drivers. Therefore, make sure that you are advanced users before trying.
• First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
• Add one of the following lines
For Jaunty users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
For Intrepid Users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
For Hardy Users
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
• Save and exit the file
• Install GPG key using the following command
sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys CEC06767
• Update source list
sudo apt-get update
• Install beta drivers
sudo apt-get install nvidia-190-modaliases nvidia-glx-190
• Finally, you can activate the drivers from System > Administration > Hardware Drivers
