Grub changes

[Karl Larsen]

Rashkae wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
>   
    I think that is pure guess work. I do not believe you.

Karl


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