Comment 89 for bug 728745

Timmie from #83: sorry my advice from #73 trashed your video. Unity works OK on my system (x86_64; nVidia 7300 LE) with the Nouveau drivers, but some programs such as Extreme Tux Racer and 0 AD do not work well at all. (Tux racer gets only 2-3 fps and the mouse hesitates constantly in 0 AD, making it unusable. Gamers beware!) Sites that use flash, Like Hulu, have some strange quirks as well.

I've been playing with nVidia driver installations. I installed the xorg-edgers fresh X crack PPA (ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa) from http://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa (RTFM & be careful!), which installed the nvidia-graphics-drivers package (version is 275.09-0ubuntu1~edgers~natty.) These drivers do not work with Unity on my system, either.

nVidia knows about this problem (see: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=162819). At this point in time, it might be better for us to send error reports directly to nVidia instead of here. Read http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46678 for a HOWTO on generating what nVidia wants in an error report.

Strangely, after installing the nVidia 275.09 drivers things seem somewhat better, even though neither Unity nor Ubuntu classic (with effects) work. Even though "Additional Drivers" (jockey-gtk) says nvidia-current is installed but not enabled, more things seem to work. Go figure. The Ubuntu classic with no effects works well. Extreme Tux Racer and 0 AD are both useable.