TWFJR wrote:
> Hi Bryce, I just put 8.10 on my wife's computer that has a 6100 Nvidia
> chip on board. After much research and money spent with tech I opted to
> use v96. It too has bugs and no support for 3D.
nvidia-glx-173 should work with that chipset and does not suffer from
the logout issue.
> I don't dare try to change my graphics driver.
Unless something strange was done, changing between the versions is as
simple as "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-173" or "sudo apt-get install
nvidia-glx-96" or even "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-177" depending
on the version you want. Of course, after installing the new version,
you'll need to restart X with the new module. Simplest way is a reboot.
> One always looks forward to the next Ubuntu upgrade
> but I have mixed feelings this time around. Maybe 10.4 will be good.
You can hardly blame Ubuntu, or its developers, for problems with a
closed source driver. Complaints or "mixed feelings" should be directed
at the source of the problem. Which in this case would be nvidia.
TWFJR wrote:
> Hi Bryce, I just put 8.10 on my wife's computer that has a 6100 Nvidia
> chip on board. After much research and money spent with tech I opted to
> use v96. It too has bugs and no support for 3D.
nvidia-glx-173 should work with that chipset and does not suffer from
the logout issue.
> I don't dare try to change my graphics driver.
Unless something strange was done, changing between the versions is as
simple as "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-173" or "sudo apt-get install
nvidia-glx-96" or even "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-177" depending
on the version you want. Of course, after installing the new version,
you'll need to restart X with the new module. Simplest way is a reboot.
> One always looks forward to the next Ubuntu upgrade
> but I have mixed feelings this time around. Maybe 10.4 will be good.
You can hardly blame Ubuntu, or its developers, for problems with a
closed source driver. Complaints or "mixed feelings" should be directed
at the source of the problem. Which in this case would be nvidia.
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Jamin W. Collins