Ultimate Edition 2.8 need some help...

[Larry]

On 07/19/2010 06:50 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 13/07/10 15:27, Basil Chupin wrote:
>    
>> On 13/07/10 13:37, NoOp wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> On 07/12/2010 08:16 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> On 13/07/10 12:56, NoOp wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> On 07/12/2010 07:39 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>>> On 13/07/10 12:28, NoOp wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              
>>>>>>> On 07/12/2010 06:49 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                
>>>>>>>> I can see that Noop has already responded (I couldn't last night- it was
>>>>>>>> my biddie-byes time :-) ) but here is a "simple" solution:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> boot into Recovery Mode;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> select As root with console;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> start mc (ie Midnight Coomander) - just type in 'mc'<Enter>;
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>> Right...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> $ apt-cache policy mc
>>>>>>> mc:
>>>>>>>        Installed: (none)
>>>>>>>        Candidate: 3:4.7.0-1ubuntu2
>>>>>>>        Version table:
>>>>>>>           3:4.7.0-1ubuntu2 0
>>>>>>>              500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Please* if you insist on posting these, please think first.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1:) it's unlikely that the OP will have mc installed, it's a universe
>>>>>>> package&      would need to be installed from universe.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                
>>>>>> In Ultimate Edition, which is what the OP is using, mc (Midnight
>>>>>> Commander) is installed by default.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              
>>>>> My apologies; I was not aware of that.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> Is OK.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> That said, nvidia-173 does not support GeForce4 according to the package
>>>>> description.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> The main thing was to get him going as quickly as possible. I have the
>>>> MX440 on another computer and I was pretty sure that I have 173 for it;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_96.43.16.html
>>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.25.html
>>>
>>> Click 'Supported Products' on both.
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> I will confirm or deny this later as I cannot get at my wife's computer
>> at the moment, but I now seem to recall that it will not boot into the
>> gui login screen at all with the nvidia driver installed - it boots into
>> the command line login; as a result I am pretty sure that her computer
>> is running on the default nvidia driver.
>>
>> (At this point I must add that I have yet to change her over to Ubuntu
>> and she is therefore using another Linux distro.)
>>
>> BC
>>
>>      
>
> I finally remembered to check and report on the above. Apologies for the
> lengthy oversight.
>
> My wife's computer has the FX5500 nVidia card in it and the driver for
> it *is* installed, and it is the #173 legacy driver.
>
> I just tried to install the #256 driver and got that error message I
> referred to before: this card is only supported by the 173 driver; the
> 256 driver will be ignored -- or words very much to this effect.
>
> So, as far as I am concerned, this card will not handle a driver above #173.
>
> Of course, this may be influenced by the manufacturer of the card (all
> my video cards are by Gigabyte) and/or some other factor/s but from
> where I sit, the #173 driver is the highest numbered driver which will
> work with it.
>
> BC
>
>    
*I just want to add this, since I do have a Geforce4 mx 440 128mb ram 
card...So far it has worked just fine
using Ultimate Edition 2.6, 2.7 & 2.8 the beta one...
  I use the Nvidia driver 96.43.17, I am not sure if the 173 driver 
works or not, since I have never
really tried it...

Larry
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