UbuntuOhio [Ubuntu Chicago] Your next challenge is NVIDIA drivers and components.

[Daniel Stubbs]

I found a nifty little program called "envy" will automatically (and
correctly) install your vid drivers, try it out. 


On Mon, 2007-03-05 at 17:25 -0600, Max Luebbe wrote:
> Seconding what everyone else has already said - I used to admin a
> research lab that ran nothing but Ubuntu Linux (No windows machines on
> my watch!) and when building boxes I explicitly chose NVidia graphics
> because the binary drivers worked well and provided awesome
> performance. One of the last boxes I put together was a dual xeon with
> an agp 6600GT. 
> 
> Temporary workaround for getting screwed by lousy creative drivers is
> to enable your ac97 on your motherboard if you've got it via the bios.
> If you are looking for better audio than that and are willing to spend
> a few dollars, you can probably find a sound blaster 5.1 live card for
> $10 or so somewhere on the internet, and this card behaves well under
> linux.
> 
> If you're having problems or haven't tried this yet, this is the way
> to get stable nvidia drivers for your card: 
> 
> sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
> sudo nvidia-glx-config enable
> 
> then restart x or reboot if you're feeling lazy, and you should be up
> and running.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> -Max
> www.intentionallyobsolete.com
> 
> On 3/5/07, Eddie Martinez <eddiemartinez at gmail.com> wrote:
>         from the research i did a month or so ago on a creative
>         soundblast
>         audio card, Creative doesn't like linux, or at least their
>         audio
>         cards.
>         
>         On 3/5/07, RJ Marsan <rjmarsan at gmail.com> wrote:
>         > i <3 the 6600gt, works great with the latest nvidia drivers,
>         even got aiglx
>         > workin.
>         > other than the sound card, which i have no experiance with,
>         sounds like
>         > you're good ta go 
>         >
>         > On 3/5/07, Freddy Martinez <freddymartinez9 at ubuntu.com>
>         wrote:
>         > >
>         > > Its the sound card most likely. Creative does not support
>         that card (afaik 
>         > > from my research last year). Anyone else have ideas?
>         > >
>         > > On 3/5/07, Kendall Brown <kendallbrown at earthlink.net>
>         wrote:
>         > > > 
>         > > > Hello:
>         > > >
>         > > > I know you're not a support channel but I hope you don't
>         mind if I make
>         > > > a request of your team.  If you're not completely
>         immersed in another 
>         > > > project I'd like to ask that someone looks into
>         providing support for
>         > > > NVIDIA based components on motherboards and graphics
>         cards?  I've heard
>         > > > such wonderful comments on the stability and
>         functionality of Linux and 
>         > > > I'd really like to see this for myself but I have yet to
>         find any
>         > > > version of Linux that works on my computer without
>         locking up at some
>         > > > point during the installation. 
>         > > >
>         > > > Gigabyte K8NSNXP Socket 754
>         > > > Sempron +3400
>         > > > XFX GeForce 6600GT
>         > > > 2GB RAM
>         > > > X-FI Creative sound card
>         > > >
>         > > > Something in this combination doesn't like Linux and
>         causes my computer
>         > > > to freeze every time.
>         > > >
>         > > > --
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>         > > > Ubuntu-us-chicago at lists.ubuntu.com
>         > > >
>         https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-chicago
>         > > >
>         > >
>         > >
>         > >
>         > > --
>         > > Best,
>         > > Freddy Martinez
>         > > Kubuntu. Linux for human beings.
>         > > www.chi.ubuntu-us.org
>         > > </message>
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