nvidia nx7600 problems

[John Dangler]

On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 23:25 +0100, SteVe Cook wrote:
> Damien Hull wrote:
> > Here's what I have.
> > 
> >    1. Motherboard = nvidia geforce 6100
> >    2. 1gig ram
> >    3. nvidia nx7600 video card
> >    4. Ubuntu Dapper ( updated )
> > 
> > When I put the card in everything seemed fine. I used esyubuntu to 
> > install the nvidia drivers. That's when the problems started. When using 
> > the nvidia driver X doesn't work properly. If I shake a window to much 
> > it turns into big pixels and then small ones. You can't see what's in 
> > the window. Sometimes the whole system locks up.
> > 
> > Is anyone else having problems with the nvidia driver?
> > 
> Not when installed with aptitude, but I did have problems when installed 
> with easyubuntu.
> Try unistalling the nvidia packages and installing them again with aptitude.
> This was with a MX400 card so it may not solve your problem
> 
> SteVe
I got the driver sources for my nvidia GeForce 5200 from nvidia,
compiled the module, installed it, and got my desktop back.  easyubuntu
is worthless imo, and the aptitude drivers were pretty back-dated.
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