Jaunty: How do you activate video acceleration?

[Steven Vollom]

marc wrote:
> Alan Dacey said...
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>> marc wrote:
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>>> How do you activate video acceleration in jaunty?
>>>
>>> The installation successfully loaded the nvidia driver and I can switch 
>>> drivers and call up the nvidia settings tool. So it all looks okay. I 
>>> get the fading effects and so on too.
>>>
>>> OpenGL is selected in System Settings/Desktop/Advanced
>>>
>>> But, when I try to run a gl screensaver or glxgears, the graphics are 
>>> very slow moving; but they are there.
>>>
>>>       
>> What video card?
>>     
>
> $ lspci says
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> nVidia GeForce Go 6600
>
> This is a laptop. No probs with video since badger.
>
>   
>> What driver?
>>     
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> I've tried 180 and 173. 96 is also an option, but I've not tried it. 
> Bigger numbers being shiny and all.
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>   
>> What FPS in glxgears?
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> At what size? The default size gives me 2041 FPS. Full screen, 3.2 FPS.
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>   
>> What desktop settings do you have?
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> Type: Desktop
> Name: <blank>
> Theme: Oxygen
> Type: Image
> Picture: Air
> Positioning: Scaled
> Color (sic): <a kind of muddy blue with turquoise overtones>
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>   
I am not qualified to advise, however, my nVidia card is 9600, when I 
was choosing drivers, I found that 8000 series and up were to use the 
180.37 drivers and the 6000 & 7000 series' were to use the 173.  So my 
guess is that the 173 is the one you should use.  When I first installed 
drivers, I installed the 173 and had problems.  When I moved to the 
180.37 it was like turning on a light in a dark room.  Everything got 
better.  Please do not rely on my judgment, I am a newbie's newbie, but 
research a bit and I am sure you will find the same result.

Steven