NVIDIA driver causes kernel freeze

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 15:59 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 30/08/2010 08:48, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 17:50 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> >    
> >> On 29/08/2010 04:35, Ric Moore wrote:
> >>
> >> [pruned]
> >>
> >>      
> >>> This is why I prefer installing fresh, from a DVD. It's all there and
> >>> not subject to the whims of a net connect file transfer of some very
> >>> important bits. Nothing is left over from a previous installation,
> >>> things are easy enough to back up and restore. Carefully! :) Ric
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> You ARE talking about Ubuntu/Kubuntu and not some other distro?
> >>
> >> Here is the official blurb from Ubuntu (Canonical) re DVDs"
> >>
> >> QUOTE
> >>
> >>
> >>        DVD downloads
> >>
> >> Don't be confused, even though DVDs can hold far more data than the
> >> typical Ubuntu CD, the main benefit of the DVD downloads is to get
> >> access to all of the available language packs. *Most people will be fine
> >> with the standard CD installer.* There are fewer download locations for
> >> the DVD images and this list is updated less frequently than for the CD
> >> images.
> >>
> >>
> >> UNQUOTE
> >>
> >> But then, I think I read that you are happy to purchase a DVD, right? :-)
> >>      
> > There are far more than just the standard language packs on the DVD's I
> > purchase from on-disk.com  I got email from someone there that assured
> > me that they installed as much as they could to fit on their DVD's. So,
> > this is not from Canonical. But, hold that thought. I just emailed
> > on-disk.com and asked them. I'll post their reply here.
> >
> > I'm not saying I can't be wrong, but I think I'm correct on this one.
> > But, I ~will~ post their reply. :) Ric
> >    
> 
> Holding my breath and counting........ :-) .

That's it! Keep counting! You're turning purple. Keep counting!
<cackles> Ric

p/s to everyone else. I got Basil to hold his breath. Now, if someone
could keep his grouchy typing fingers busy... I've got a crisp $1
bill.  

-- 
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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