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nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 package

  1. Bug #1064192
  2. Comment #22

Comment 22 for bug 1064192

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Oscar Andreis (oscarand77) wrote : Re: [update request] nvidia-173.14.36 adds support for xserver ABI 13 [quantal]

Ok, Ubuntu Additional Drivers (jockey) utility installed nvidia-173 driver (nvidia-173-updates seems to be still not compatible).
You must configure manually the /etc/X11/xorg.config file: go to end anche change the line
Driver "Nouveau"
to
Driver "nvidia"

Reboot and you'll use the new NVidia driver (try glxgears inside a console to watch new performance)

jockey will tell you "Current driver is Activated but no in use", but it is a old bug that still returned (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1746436)

For me the package works fine: I can use again KDE with graphics effects successfully.
The only thing: you must modify the package to set automatically the Device key inside /etc/X11/xorg.config file