updating nvidia

[Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez]

On jue, 2005-12-08 at 14:43 -0500, golfer wrote:
> I see nvidia recently released 1.0-8174 and wonder how others are
> going about updating to it.  It's not available in ubuntu.  I also
> checked debian for this package, but they don't have it yet either.
> 
> What's your experience .. is it better to remove the nvidia packages
> and just use the nvidia official installer, or wait for the debian
> packages to be made and find their way into ubuntu (maybe not until
> dapper)?
> 
> regards,
> 

This is only your option. Nobody can tell you what "is better".

If you want to use "now" the 8174 driver, you must download the Generic
driver from the Company web and compile it with the same gcc used with
your kernel. You don't have more choices...

I probe it, and works fine. But one more thing, if you have a card some
time old (like mine, 4 years old), a new driver usually don't add any
more support for it. In other words, usually is not needed upgrade the
driver. Is only a question of "have the last"...

Hope this help.

Regards.

Jose.

 
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