Please delete https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia/Nouveau

[Hannie Dumoleyn]

Hi Phil,
Imho page [2] also needs some rewriting. In Raring there is a tab
"Additional drivers" in Software & Updates where you can choose the
nvidia driver. If you use the last LTS the page is ok.
Hannie

Op 21-08-13 19:22, Phill Whiteside schreef:
> It is my proposal that the page in question [1] have a re-direct to
> this page [2]. That is it's parent page and has the up to date
> information.
>
> If I do not hear objections, I'll put the divert on in a couple of days.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia/Nouveau
> 2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
>
>
> On 20 August 2013 12:57, Christopher M. Penalver
> <christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com
> <mailto:christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Phil:
>
>     A redirect is the more wiser direction in comparison when available.
>
>     However, no redirect candidate has been found.
>
>     Given how Nouveau is the default driver for nvidia graphics cards,
>     installation instructions for it is largely unhelpful, and misleading.
>
>     Ideally, it would nice if documentation exists that discussed this.
>     However, like with other undocumented components of Ubuntu, it's not a
>     requirement for one to use it successfully given how like with many
>     things in Ubuntu, "It Just works."
>
>     Christopher M. Penalver
>     E-Mail: christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com
>     <mailto:christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>
>
>
>     On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Phill Whiteside
>     <PhillW at ubuntu.com <mailto:PhillW at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>     > Hi Chris,
>     >
>     > sorry for the delay in answering. Is there a wiki page that is
>     more up to
>     > date to which I make a divert for when 'google' etc point them
>     to that page?
>     > I see it has the tags for out of date & deletion, but I'd much
>     rather have a
>     > divert put on it to a current page.
>     >
>     > Thanks for taking the time to report it.
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     >
>     > Phill.
>     >
>     >
>     > On 14 August 2013 02:56, Christopher M. Penalver
>     > <christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com
>     <mailto:christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Dear Ubuntu Documentation,
>     >>
>     >> Could you please delete
>     >>
>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia/Nouveau
>     as it
>     >> only covers releases that are EoL (Karmic and Lucid), discusses
>     unsupported
>     >> maneuvers via stale PPAs, and just adds another unhelpful entry
>     when trying
>     >> to search legitimate Ubuntu community articles for nouveau related
>     >> information.
>     >>
>     >> Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter, and I
>     look
>     >> forward to your response.
>     >>
>     >> Christopher M. Penalver
>     >> E-Mail: christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com
>     <mailto:christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>
>     >>
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