nVidia

[Fred A. Miller]

On 04/12/2010 07:01 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 04/12/2010 03:57 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote:
>    
>> On 04/11/2010 09:27 PM, NoOp wrote:
>>      
>>> On 04/10/2010 08:17 PM, Fred Roller wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>>        
>>>> I know that the restricted drivers are failing (any of them [nvidia]) on
>>>> a new box.  It's the family "tv" and everything plays but /I/ notice the
>>>> glitches.  Just haven't had a chance to dig out the logs just yet and
>>>> will hopefully post soon on a separate thread.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> This might be of interest:
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/552653/
>>> [Lucid] Jockey gives message that it failed to install nvidia hardware
>>> driver
>>>
>>>        
>> The error ISN'T just in a 32-bit install, but also 64-bit. EVERY box with
>> nVidia that I've tried has failed.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>      
> You still haven't told us *which* nVidia driver etc., etc. Or would you
> rather that we search back through your old posts&  recompile the
> information ourselves? Good luck.
>    

I've mentioned it more than once, but, it's NOT just one chipset. 
According to
your site reference, it's not chipset specific, so no wonder there are 
problems.
Apparently it's a script failure on the nVidia site and the installer.

Fred

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