Enabling desktop effects before installing Nvidia driver result in wrong version install - 3D unusable

[yossarian_uk]

Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

The Bug is repeatable on both x86 + x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04 100% of the time.

On a fresh 10.04 install using a Nvidia card, if you try to enable desktop effects (i.e compiz) via the appearance menu before you have installed the binary Nvidia driver - i.e click 'normal' on the 3d desktop-effects menu you get prompted to install the binary Nvidia driver.

It installs a nvidia driver this, however after rebooting 3D is so slow it is completely un-usable - the minimise compiz effect moves about 2fps - games are far slower than mesa....

The reason: Is due to the wrong version of the nvidia driver being installed - 173.14.22 - this does not work on my card - Nvidia 8500

However : If I install nvidia driver using 'administration' -> 'Hardware drivers' - then reboot it is fine - i.e it is installs correct version : 195.36. If I choose the 'recommended' version

So it is the trigger that installs the driver - by activating compiz (desktop-effects) - that is wrong.

An easy fix would be for the trigger to just go to the standard menu option - 'administration' -> 'Hardware drivers' or for it to install what the 'Hardware drivers' menu thinks is the 'recommended' version rather than the top one (173).

This will cause many new users who just happen to install the driver that way to assume that 3D doesn't work on their card (and possibly just give up) - I imagine this will be the case on Nvidia cards of my age (8500) +

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 5 21:35:40 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center