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[Rashkae]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> 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
> 
> 

Ah well, try Fedora,, maybe you'll have better luck.