Graphics card drive for Nvidia...

[Larry]

On 10/28/2010 09:23 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> 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.
>
>    
*I think that I will just install the Ultimate Edition 2.7 on the hard 
drive that I now have 10.10 on...Maybe one day I can aford to buy 
another graphics card, but until then I will stay with EU 2.7... :-(

Larry

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