New kernel and Nvidia confusion

[Lantiero Zenesi]

On 23/02/2007 at 04:57, Donn wrote:

> 1. How do I figure-out what kernel version my latest nvidia version
> requires? 2. Have I missed a repo that is offering the correct nvidia for
> the latest kernel release?

I don't know what to say to #1- As I said i went the easy way and got a stable 
nvida driver vers. 1.0-9746. Usually you try what is fit for your kernel, but 
I suppose one could go the other way round.

#2, AFAIK I think you can the latest beta from nVidia. Don't know about other 
paces.

> 3. Is there any way to tell (before hand) that an upgrade will break 3D and
> for how long. (i.e. a newb alert "3D will not work when you install this
> kernel. Estimated time to new nvidia driver ...29 days .. Install kernel
> Y/N?")

That'd be nice.  ;-)

> I know that the proprietary drivers are not supported and therefore are
> probably irrelevant to *buntu. I'm fairly sure I got/get the driver from
> Universe, so it's at least tangentially important to *buntu.

I don't follow you here. Are you talking about the beta?

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lanzen