Intrepid Blues

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Karl Larsen wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
>>   
>>> Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>  said:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>>     Does anyone know if the Intrepid servers have any nVidia
>>>> software? Where do you look? I seem to have a nVidia control panel
>>>> but it doesn't seem to do anything. What do you need to do with that?
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>> I'd like to help, Karl, but Intrepid set up my nVidia GeForce 7600 GS
>>> without any effort on my part.  Someone suggested envyng.  It did help
>>> me on my 8.04 installation.  Maybe it could help you, too.
>>>
>>> Oh, check under <System><Administration><Hardware Drivers> first. 
>     On my rc version of Intrepid with 130 Updates this exists but is 
> broken like this:
> 
> 1. You go to Hardware Drivers and there is nothing to help you with 
> which one to use. There are 4 driver packages offered and I tried the 
> one recommended for some reason I think 177...
> 
> 2. Sign in as root and the big square panel gets a small panel in the 
> middle that has 0% shown to begin. And it stays at 0% while the download 
> is happening. I can see the Internet is busy and the hard drive is 
> getting written to. But the panel stays at 0%.
> 
> 3. Then the panel disappears and the big panel wants you to start the 
> nVidia driver. I clicked but no luck. It is broken.
> 
> 4. So the Intrepid rc with 130 Updates is still not able to support a 
> nVidia computer.
> 
> Karl
> 
> 
> 
>>>  It
>>> holds the installation protocols for the nVidia drivers, AFAICT.
>>>
>>> Cybe R. Wizard
>>>   
>>>     
>>     I will look. It does hold mine for Hardy.
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>   
> 
> 

did you try any of the other 3 drivers, I had 2 different atheros
drivers in "hardware drivers" I know not the same thing but..., one
worked and the other did not.  If none of the nvidia drivers work, I
would go for envy.





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