nVidia cards supported?

[phmcguin]

I have an nVidia GeForce2 DDR Generic. I've been having huge problems getting desktop effects enabled and have a thread running on this. In this thread [Desktop effects can not be enabled] people have suggested more then once "you're card is not supported". I've also seen this in a number of other posts in this forum.

So I've googled for a list of un/supported cards for Ubuntu Gutsy. But I'm not getting anywhere. Is it actually written anywhere that Ubuntu doesn't support my card?

Thanks,
-a very frustrated new Ubuntu user.:confused:

[phmcguin]

Also,

Can someone tell me how Compiz and XGl hang together? Are they different packages for the same thing? Do you need both?

[Forlong]

Who claims GeForce2 is not supported by Ubuntu?
If you have a GeForce2 MX, you can use nvidia-glx otherwise nvidia-glx-legacy will work.

All you need to do is installing the proper driver via System → Administration → Restricted Drivers Manager


Xgl is for graphics cards (drivers) that don't support AIGLX (like the proprietary ATI fglrx driver from the Ubuntu repositories).
Nvidia cards do not need it, although I'm not sure Compiz will work with the legacy driver.

[phmcguin]

Thank you very much!!! That's the most exact and trusted answer I've been able to get on this whole confusion!

Greatly appreciated!

PS If you look at some of the "Desktop effects can not be enabled" posts you'll see plenty of posts from others stating 'your nVidia card isn't supported by Ubuntu- you won't be able to run Compiz'

[FuturePilot]

If your Nvidia card has less than 64MB of RAM you won't be able to use Compiz. One reason being the black window bug. Your card should be supported by the nvidia-glx driver. I have a GeForce 2 also and use that driver. However Compiz does not work due to the lack of Video RAM.