Nvidia Drivers

David Vincent dvincent at sleepdeprived.ca
Mon Jan 26 15:07:56 UTC 2009


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David Curtis wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:28:59 -0400
> Richard Seguin <ubuntu-bugs at transubuntu.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Did I misinterpret when I thought I read that there will no longer be
>> support for Nvidia restricted drivers in Jaunty? I just did a google on
>> nvidia and jaunty and I found plenty of info that stated otherwise... Maybe
>> I skimmed the last post wrong or something?
>>
> Ya. What I believe this means is that Nvidia has to write support for xorg-server 1.6 into their proprietary drivers. It just means you have to be patient. Support for 1.5 didn't come out until end of last May IIRC therefore 1.5 didn't make it into hardy but was included in intrepid. I guess Ubuntu devs are expecting support from Nvidia for 1.6 sooner rather than later.
> 

That's what I've understood too.  I want my 3D eye-candy and the NV
driver just doesn't cut it.  VESA is even worse.

- -d

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