Grub changes

[Rashkae]

Rashkae wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Mario Vukelic wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 11:44 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>   
>>>>     I have Intrepid up but it is not useful because it can't be used
>>>> yet for a nVidia computer.
>>>>     
>>> That statement is a little too broad. See release notes re nvidia:
>>> <http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810#nVidia%20%22legacy%22%
>>> 20video%20support>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>     In the release notes it says:
>>
>> The 71 and 96 series of proprietary nVidia drivers, as provided by the 
>> nvidia-glx-legacy and nvidia-glx packages in Ubuntu 8.04, are not 
>> compatible with the X.Org included in Ubuntu 8.10.
>>
>>     This means the nVidia drivers that work so well in Gutsy and Hardy 
>> are NOT AVAILABLE in Intrepid.
>>
>> Unless you know more than I do it seems my computer and thousands others 
>> will not be able to use Intrepid.
>>
> 
> That's the legacy driver, only for Geforce 1 and Geforce2 graphic cards
> (I can't tell you off the top of my head how old those are, but they are
> quite old).
> 

Well, would you look at that,, a new crown for answering without reading
the original message first.. I guess without the nvidia-glx package,
things won't go very far...

Ah well, that's why it's an RC,, wait for the official release, and for
certain Nvidia will have drivers prepared.