Ping: Liam re: Newer kernel backports for 10.04

[Ric Moore]

On 02/20/2012 11:55 PM, Jeff G. wrote:
> On 02/15/2012 08:24 AM, Liam Proven wrote in another thread:
>  > If you're still running "Lucid", 10.04, and are having driver problems
>  > or something, there are now 3 different newer kernels available.
>  >
>
> <snip>
>
>  > If you look in Synaptic (or the package manager of your choice), you
>  > should see (for example):
>  >
>  > linux-image-generic-lts-backport-natty
>  >
>  > and the matching linux-image-generic-pae-backport-natty and
>  > linux-image-server-backport-natty.
>  >
>
> Long story short:
>
> Running U 10.04 - with the last 2 kernel upgrades, my old nVidia card
> started losing contact - losing high graphic effects settings regularly.
> Best I could figure, problem was either GTK, compiz, my driver install
> in the kernel (s) or 1 of a few bugs.
> So for giggles, I went and installed the 3.0 kernel - it would only boot
> into low graphic mode. So I went for the latest nv 96 from their site
> (manual) which complained a few times but installed,
>
> lsmod shows nvidia being used by 22
>
> jeff at jeff-desktop:~$ lspci | grep VGA
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX
> 420] (rev a3)
>
> I have nvidia.ko in /lib/modules/3.0.0-15-generic/kernel/drivers/video/
>
> Using xfce, graphics seem fine - have purged compiz for xfwm.
>
> xorg says
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Device0"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
>
>
> Jockey can't detect the driver at all - do I need to worry about that?

Run nvidia-settings. Set up your video specs, click on whatever options 
you feel you need to use, then click on the save configuration button to 
save the entire /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. You should have a lot more in 
that file than you showed. That completes the install. With that new 
kernel you probably need to to a serious update to your system as well. 
Then reboot and see what you have. Ric