Bug loading 8.10

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- On Tue, 2/3/09, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Bug loading 8.10
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 5:56 PM
> I just loaded 8.10 on this nVida computer and when it reboot
> there 
> were 2 errors. In the 8.10 menu.lst it lists 8.10 first and
> then 7.01 
> and then 8.04.
> 
>     Then I tried to load the nVidia driver and the panel
> came up and I 
> selected 173 and it started to d/l but then the entire
> computer froze. A 
> panel came up wanting me to send an error message but I was
> not able to, 
> of course. There is a serious bug in the loader of
> non-Ubuntu drivers.
> 
>     Both of these bugs maybe already reported.
> 
> Karl
> 
>
Why not install/use the latest nvidia driver from the repos as I do.
i A nvidia-glx-180
nvidia-common
i   nvidia-180-kernel-source                                                   
i   nvidia-180-modaliases
i A nvidia-settings

I run intrepid 64 bit with an nvidia MB and
PCIE GeForce 9400 GT but even when running a GeForce 7100 GS I used the newest nvidia proprietary driver from the repos and got best results
.
Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net