Proprietary driver wizard installs incorrect NVidia driver version
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The proprietary driver installation wizard installed 173.xx when 260.xx would have been the correct driver* for my card model. While the machine was technically functional on 173.xx, the performance was noticeably/
Lenovo Thinkpad T61p, running Ubuntu 10.10 stock.
$ lspci -nn
[...]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G84M [Quadro FX 570M] [10de:040c] (rev a1)
[...]
*See 'supported products' tab: http://
**Example of incorrect video (same effect, different cause): http://