Which Nvidia driver to install?

[rodrigo ahumada]

>From: Ari Torhamo <ari.torhamo at luukku.com>
>To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>Subject: RE: Which Nvidia driver to install?
>Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 04:05:14 +0200
>
>to, 2004-12-23 kello 21:34 -0300, rodrigo ahumada kirjoitti:
>
> > the official driver from nvidia has two parts: the module (nvidia.ko) 
>and
> > the glx (core for opengl libs).
> >
> > nvidia-glx.deb it's the second and depends on
> > linux-XXXX-restricted-modules.deb than contains nvidia.ko.
> >
> > if you install from nvidia official, you must reinstall nvidia.ko every 
>time
> > you upgrade your kernel, vg "sh NVIDIA-installer-pkg.run
> > --kernel-module-only" (the kernel needs to match version with modules)
> >
> > --------
> > i got  some issues with the latest drivers from nvidia (X simply hangs), 
>so
> > i used NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg0.run, but that version has no idea
> > about udev, and i got to make dev nodes by hand...
>
>
>Thank's Markus, Oliver, Felix, and Rodrigo for your replies - damn
>Oliver you are fast with the wiki! :-)
>
>It's good to know about possible problems with upgrading the kernel when
>using the Nvidia binary driver - I think because I'm a basic user it's
>better to avoid causing conflicts. I'll be better install the driver
>tomorrow and go to sleep now :-O (yawning :-)
>
>-Ari-
>

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