Installing CUDA 3.1 on Ubuntu 10.04

To install the CUDA driver on Ubuntu 10.04 follow the following instructions.

1. Download the proper driver from nvidia's site
2. Change gcc 4.4 to 4.3
3. Remove any nvidia driver. > sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*
4. Make the file in following location - "/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf" with the following matters:
   
   
   blacklist vga16fb
   blacklist nouveau
   blacklist lbm-nouveau
   blacklist nvidia-173
   blacklist nvidia-96
   blacklist nvidia-current
   blacklist nvidiafb
5. Kill  X
6. Launch the driver's installation
7. Reboot

Source: 

Pablo's experience and 

http://forums.techarena.in/operating-systems/1336959.htm