[ubuntu-uk] Nvidia driver problems

[Dianne Reuby]

On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 21:52 +0000, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> I've got an Nvidia GeForce4 MMX440, which worked OK until 8.10, when
> special effects stopped. I tried the new driver but had problems, so
> I've managed without special effects. I was using 96.45.07 - I saw
> that .09 was supposed to be OK, and it's in the "normal" repositories
> (ie not beta, or development etc.) so I tried it.
> 
> However it only allowed up to 800x600 resolution, ugh! So I removed it,
> now I'm using generic - which looks like Win98, double-ugh.

OK, ignore me - I've reinstalled .09. rebooted and it's OK. Apart from
my username/logoff button being missing. But who'd want to log off
anyway?

Dianne