8.10 problems

[Cybe R. Wizard]

"Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com>  said:
> I found a non-ubuntu kernel image with the Sympatic package 
> system and installed it. Rebooted and it must be the image they use
> to get the 600X600 image I now have. I give up. Support for a nVidia 
> computer using a 6300 series nVidia hardware is non-existant on  8.10 
> today. This is odd because Hardy has fine support for nVidia 6300
> series.
> 
> Karl

Hi, Karl,
Have you tried doing in automagically using envy-gtk?  It's in the
repos and worked well for me.
Here's what it does:
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install the ATI or the NVIDIA driver
EnvyNG is an application written in Python which will download the
latest ATI or NVIDIA driver or the Legacy driver (for older cards)
(according to the model of your card) from ATI or Nvidia's website
and set it up for you handling dependencies (compilers, OpenGL,
etc.) which are required in order to build and use the driver.
Also, I'm pretty sure the repos are up, at least the main USA ones.
Are you having problems with them or getting error messages when you
reload your package list?
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And the name of the program is, "syNAPtic," not, "syMPAtic."

Cybe R. Wizard
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