Good news, indeed! I'll try it, after I hit the "Submit" button on this post.
As an aside, I spent a whole day (last week) trying different combinations of various nVidia drivers & Linux kernels.
I was successful in perfecting a hack, but it was so contrived, I never posted 'complete' details here. Explaining it would have been a nightmare!
Proof-Of-Concept (as I type)...
Code:
vindsl@Zuul:~$ nvidia-smi -q | grep "Product Name" | sed -e 's/.*: /nVidia /'
nVidia GeForce 7600 GT
vindsl@Zuul:~$ uname -r
3.7.0-030700rc4-generic
vindsl@Zuul:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current
nvidia-current:
Installed: 304.51-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal1
Candidate: 310.14-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal3
Version table:
310.14-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal3 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
304.60-0ubuntu1~precise~xup2 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/nvidia-quantal/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/restricted i386 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/restricted i386 Packages
*** 304.51-0ubuntu1~xedgers~quantal1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Bottom line: The only driver I could find that worked on both kernel 3.6.X AND kernel 3.7-rcX was the edgers 304.51 drivers -- which 'they' deleted from their "pool", some time ago. Luckily, I happened to have it saved locally (been around the track a few times).
Moreover, I had to patch two (2) files to install/update/remove kernel 3.7-rcX -- but, use the original files to install/update/remove kernel 3.6.X.
If it works, as promised, this will make life much easier, all the way around!
Hrm... Which way to proceed?!?!?!?
I think I'll:
- Boot into kernel 3.6.6
- Wash, rinse, and restyle "nvidia-current/nvidia-settings"
- Re-install kernel 3.7-rc4
Er... they do have a new "nvidia-settings", too, yes?
BBL...