NVIDIA with GeForce FX 5200 256mb

[Ken Siersma]

paul cooke wrote:
> On Thursday 03 August 2006 13:06, Felipe Fidelix wrote:
>   
>> please! after i install my GeForce and configure Xorg in Kubuntu Dapper, X
>> starts and everything blows up.
>>
>> a BLACK SCREEN appear, and all devices like mouse, and keyboard stops
>> working.
>>     
>
> I dumped the ubuntu packaged driver and installed the nvidia driver from the 
> nvidia website.
>
> On this machine, I've always had problems getting the Ubuntu supplied 
> nvidia-glx drivers to work.
>
> I have a GeForce FX 5500 256MB
>
>
>   
I agree that this should work, especially with previous versions of 
ubuntu.  But with dapper you get the 8762 version of the nvidia driver, 
which should be new enough to handle a GeForce 5200. 

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Ken Siersma, Software Engineer
EKK, Inc.
http://www.ekkinc.com