Graphics card drive for Nvidia...

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 16:32 -0500, Larry wrote:
> On 10/28/2010 03:40 PM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Larry wrote:
> >    
> >> *Now I have installed the latest version of Ubuntu 10.10 on another
> >> hard drive, it never did ask me to install the graphics drive for my
> >> nvidia card, like it has always done before...Showing up an icon
> >> update graphics card, then does a search, and it installs it...
> >>
> >> May anyone know what the name of this is, or is there away to bring
> >> it up, so I can have the correct drive installed, which is
> >> 96.43.17...
> >>      
> > It looks like Nvidia doesn't support your hardware any longer. From
> > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes>:
> >
> > | The new Xorg 1.9 available in Maverick is not compatible with nVidia
> > | based chipsets that use the (nvidia-96) and (nvidia-173) drivers.
> > | (626974)
> >
> >
> > Nils
> >
> >    
> *Thanks for the info, now just what I need, humm hate to go out and buy 
> another graphics card...

Another reason for hanging back to 10.4 is confirmed. Gad! This is like
Hardy vs Karmic all over again. <chortles> Ric, with the nVidia card
that requires 173 driver. 

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