Comment 38 for bug 948053

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Dave Stroud (bigdavesr) wrote : RE: [Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-96 and nvidia-173 uninstallable on Precise

> There is some discussion in the Nvidia forum at
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=179489
> Quote from #15 "We're working on new ABI support for legacy branches right
> now; we're very sorry for the delays, we've been very busy with other
> stuff."
> So there is still hope that updated drivers will be made available by
> Nvidia.
>
> For the time being, In my opinion it would have been necessary to put a
> warning into the release notes of Ubuntu 12.04.
>
> I've got a slow computer and during the upgrade I by chance even saw the
> text "removing nvidia-96" scrolling by, but at that moment it was already
> far too late to think about staying on Oneiric.
>
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> Title:
> nvidia-96 and nvidia-173 uninstallable on Precise
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> I noticed on the nvidia drivers page that they released some updates on
may 2. I tried the one for 96 but it would not install. Maybe there is
hope.
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