Comment 9 for bug 222027

The nvidia beta driver (see http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.08.html) works - more or less. Solutions, links and descriptions can be found here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4842513#post4842513

There seem to be some problems with this driver: a) after I attach the beamer my computer "slows down" b) the use of desktop effects and an external beamer crash Hardy. I will now test this beta driver without the beamer. Let's see what happens ...