[ubuntu-uk] Beware updating to latest nvidia experimental driver

[Barry Drake]

On 16/02/13 19:37, SuperEngineer wrote:
> To avoid borking your system, Beware updating to latest experimental
> nvidia driver just because Steam asks you to!  Go to 304 - no higher.

Can confirm this.  If you do it by mistake you can get your system back 
by getting up a terminal (ctrl+alt+F1) and doing sudo apt-get install 
[name of 304 driver] then do sudo modprobe [name of driver] and you'll 
get back in OK.  If you are not sure of the driver name, look in 
/var/cache/apt/archives for something beginning with nvidia and use the 
first part of the name (up to the release numbers).

Regards,        Barry.

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Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team.