Ubuntu
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 package

  1. Bug #772207
  2. Comment #39

Comment 39 for bug 772207

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Grant Paton-Simpson (launchpad-p-s) wrote : Re: version 173.14.30 is buggy for GeForce FX 5200

Same here: "This driver is activated but not currently in use."

$ glxinfo | grep render
direct rendering: Yes
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS/PCI/SSE2
    GL_NV_vertex_program3, GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_OES_depth24,
    GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap, GL_OES_get_program_binary, GL_OES_mapbuffer,

$ lspci | grep -i nvid
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS] (rev a1)

$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
ii nvidia-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
ii nvidia-common 0.2.30 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii nvidia-current 270.41.06-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library
ii nvidia-settings 270.29-0ubuntu1 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver

$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"