[GRLUG] "New" Linux user

[Michael Mol]

On 4/15/07, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/15/07, Topher <topher at wcsg.org> wrote:
> > > Ubuntu is very, very touchy with respect to compatibility with NVidia
> > > drivers.  That's one reason I've been looking at switching away if I end
> > > up with another NVidia card.  However, I've heard of an Ubuntu
> > > derivative that includes the drivers already.  I can't find the link,
> > > though.
> >
> > I have nvidia in both my laptop and desktop.  On my desktop I messed with
> > the Ubuntu versions to no avail.  When I installed the one from nvidia, it
> > worked great.  When I got my laptop, I went right to the official nvidia
> > driver and it worked on the first try.
>
> That's remarkable.  I spent around ten hours over several weeks either
> trying to get the NVidia driver working on my roommate's Ubuntu box,
> or, conversely, making X work again when he tried it. (How many times
> does a guy have to try the same approach before you can convince him
> it won't work?)  I finally wrote down instructions on fixing
> it--change the Display->Driver line in xorg.conf--and those directions
> worked for as long as he kept them.
>
> Of course, I just received an email last Wednesday asking for help
> again...he tried the same approach again after he moved out, but
> thought that maybe, if he emailed me the error, I would be able to
> diagnose it for him. (Despite having seen that error over and over,
> prior to that.)

Um.  Open mouth, insert foot.  I should have checked the name of the
original poster.
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