are nVidia drivers automatically installed?

[Steve Morris]

On 27/06/11 05:40, Clay Weber wrote:
> On Sunday, June 26, 2011 02:59:24 PM Larry Alkoff wrote:
>> I have just configured a new installation of Kubuntu 10.04.2
>> and am using a Nvidia GeForce PhysX HTMI video card
>> otherwise marked as a Asus 210 Silent 1 gb card with DDR3.
>>
>> The card came with a Windows only CD.
>>
>> Are the video drivers automatically installed when I do a clean install
>> of the Kubuntu DVD?
>>
>> How to I install the nVidia control panel?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Larry Alkoff
> A free/open-source video driver (nouveau)  comes installed by default,  and it
> does seem to support your video card. If you want to try the closed,
> proprietary Nvidia, you can install it using the Additional Drivers tool found
> in Kmenu>>  System subsection.
>
You might need to be careful with the Nouveau driver. The last time I 
looked at this driver the only allowable refresh rates made it useless 
for my system, which also consequently means that Wayland is not useable 
on my system.

regards,
Steve

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