[ubuntu-uk] Nvidia binary drivers

[Tony Arnold]

Michael,

Michael Holmes wrote:
> I am just asking a simple question.
> 
> I have an nVidia GeForce 4 MX integrated card. Do I need nvidia-glx or
> nvidia-glx-legacy for hardware emulation?

I'm no expert on this, but the command 'aptitude show nvidia-glx-legacy'
produces this in its description of the package:

>  These XFree86 4.x/X.Org binary drivers provide optimized hardware acceleration
>  of OpenGL applications via a direct-rendering X Server and supports the TNT,
>  TNT2, TNT Ultra, GeForce, and GeForce2 chipsets. AGP, TV-out and flat panel
>  displays are also supported. 

So, I would think the nvidia-glx is the package you need.

Regards,
Tony.
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