Nvidia graphic's card drivers
gerald.jean at videotron.ca
gerald.jean at videotron.ca
Thu Feb 14 01:50:54 UTC 2008
Thanks to Rich,I just did as he suggested, was very easy, even for me! and it worked.Thanks again,Gérald Jean----- Message d'origine -----De: Rich Rudnick <rich at aphroneo.net>Date: Mercredi, Février 13, 2008 7:06 pmObjet: Re: Nvidia graphic's card driversÀ: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>> gerald.jean at videotron.ca wrote:> > Hello there,> > > > I'm on Gutsy Gibbon. A couple days ago I was browsing: System >> > Preferences > Appearance > Visual effects menu, it was set to "No> > effects". Unfortunately, for me, I changed the settings to "Extra";> > when I closed the panel Ubuntu said it needed to install some Nvidia> > graphic's drivers to get the desired effect; I clicked OK and the> > drivers were installed. The computer then needed to be > rebooted, when> > it started Ubuntu told me that those Nvidia drivers were not > supported> by Ubuntu, I clicked "go ahead anyway" (very bad > idea!), or something> > similar and all the effects worked fine.> > > > Problems started when I tried to shut the computer down, as > soon as I> > hit the «stop» button the screen goes black and a small, > moving, white> > rectangle appears saying "Unsupported frequencies"??? Worst > yet, the> > computer never shuts down, I have to hold the switch for > several seconds> > for it to shut down?> > > > Needless to say I changed back the above settings to "No > effects", but> > to no avail, the damage is done now.> > > > What do I need to do in order to get the previous behaviour > back, i.e.> > the computer shutting down when asked to? Do I need to > uninstall those> > drivers, if yes how do I find them and how do I go about > uninstalling? > > Anything else?> > > > System->admin->Restricted manager, disable the nvidia driver.> > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users>
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