[GRLUG] "New" Linux user

[Michael Mol]

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.)


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