Please delete https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia/Nouveau
Hannie Dumoleyn
lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl
Sat Aug 24 07:27:44 UTC 2013
Hi Phil,
Creating this tag "Needs Updating" is an excellent idea. I am quite sure
that it will be used a lot, because I often see wiki help pages that are
outdated. Let's hope that the tag will urge people to effectively update
the page.
Regards,
Hannie
Op 24-08-13 04:35, Phill Whiteside schreef:
> Hi Hannie,
>
> I've created the tag & asked on ubuntu-forum.
>
> to all others on the wiki team, we did have a discussion of a new tab
> stating 'this page needs updating'. It got somewhat mixed views, but
> over all as it was not a classification we had was sort of accepted
> for where it would be needed. I've created the tag [1] for this. I do
> not doubt I've not done it correctly :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tag#Needs_Updating
>
>
> On 22 August 2013 13:05, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com
> <mailto:PhillW at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Hannie,
>
> I'll add a tag stating it needs a re-work and ask the group on
> ubuntuforum[1] to give it an edit. I don't have nVidea cards so I
> feel it best that the guys from that area give it a tidy up. I'll
> add a subscription to the page so that I am alerted as and when
> they do the work so the tag can be removed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=334
>
>
> On 22 August 2013 07:41, Hannie Dumoleyn
> <lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl <mailto:lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl>>
> wrote:
>
> 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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