Nvidia and Kubuntu

[Collins Richey]

On 12/18/06, Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> wrote:
> On Monday 18 December 2006 16:36, Net Llama! wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> > > On Monday 18 December 2006 14:49, Net Llama! wrote:
> > >>> With the default install, even by specifying the card and monitor
> > >>> specifics, it would only allow me 1280x1024 resolution on my VS
> > >>> vp201b when the native resolution is 1600x1200.
> > >>
> > >> 'default install' meaning the 'nv' X driver?
> > >
> > > Pretty sure.... yes.  The driver part of xorg.conf had 'nv'.
> >
> > My solution to that problem is to install the nvidia driver.  Or you could
> > complain to the Kubuntu folks.
>
>
> Agreed.....   but I ran into the aforementioned problems when I tried to
> install the nvidia driver....  (the 'not knowing where to place the libs')
> So I'll work on that.
>

Sorry to tail this conversation so late, but I just noticed it.

Lonni may have some problems with the nVidia versions chosen by
various Ubuntu releases, but I've not had a single problem with them.
I just do 'apt-get install linux-restricted-modules'. Some of the
Ubuntu versions do the xorg configuration at installation time, or you
have to run the nVidia configurator or modify the xorg.conf yourself.

Works like a champ for me.

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Collins Richey
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