Originally Posted by
Sworddragon
Lets make a short summary:
- nvidia-current is on 304.84-0ubuntu2.
- nvidia-current-updates is on 304.84-0ubuntu2.
- Then we have nvidia-310-updates (as I know its the legacy version for the GeForce 6 and 7 chips).
- But we have nvidia-313-updates too which doesn't provide any new legacy support as I know.
This constelation gives some questions and some problems:
- Why does we have nvidia-current and nvidia-current-updates (I remember one should be stable and the other beta but maybe this is wrong)?
- nvidia-current and nvidia-current-updates are older than the newest legacy version. There is also a newer non-legacy version. This behavior makes it difficult to keep the system up to date with the newest version. To do so I will have to manually check if there is a new nvidia-xxx-updates version. The last time I remember such manual checks was on my Windows time.
Does somebody know how this will continue in the future? Will nvidia-current[-updates] be the newest version again?
Originally Posted by
ronacc
according to the nvidia drivers page 304.84 is the latest that supports the 6 and 7 series gpu's the 310.xx supports series 8 and newer .
AFAIK, 304.x is for Legacy Chips (that would be me).
Unless things have changed, trying to run 310.x is a no_go on Legacy Chips.
Don't have any idea what 313.x entails, because it doesn't affect me.
That said, all these various names mean nothing, in my mind. The method I use, to determine which version of 304.x to use is totally based on the changelog. I'm running the latest everything (nVidia drivers aside) on ancient iron, and if the changelog doesn't indicate that it will work with my current setup, I'm content to use somewhat stale nVidia drivers.
As of today, I'm running:
Code:
vindsl@Zuul:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-304
Installed: 304.84-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 304.84-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 304.84-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/restricted i386 Packages
500 http://samaritan.ucmerced.edu/ubuntu/ raring/restricted i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
vindsl@Zuul:~$
Been working great, on this rig.
nvidia-current et al. hasn't worked on this machine, in quite a while...
Code:
~ VinDSL Unity Debug Script 12.12.06 (vindsl.com) ~
Current Date/Time: Fri Mar 29 15:30:53 MST 2013
Distro Release: Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch)
Kernel Release: Linux 3.9.0-030900rc4-generic
Gnome Release: GNOME Shell 3.8.0.1
Unity Release: unity 6.6.0
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 7600 GT/AGP/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 304.84
Not software rendered: yes
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program: yes
GL fragment program: yes
GL vertex buffer object: yes
GL framebuffer object: yes
GL version is 1.4+: yes
Unity 3D supported: yes
Package: mesa-utils
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 106
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT <ubuntu-x@lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: i386
Source: mesa-demos
Version: 8.0.1+git20110129+d8f7d6b-0ubuntu2+edgers
Replaces: xbase-clients (<< 6.8.2-38)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libx11-6
Description: Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities
This package provides several basic GL utilities built by Mesa, including
glxinfo and glxgears.
Homepage: http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/
Xserver Xorg Core Branch:
Installed: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu4
Tree Map of PCI Devices:
-[0000:00]-+-00.0 Intel Corporation 82875P/E7210 Memory Controller Hub
+-01.0-[01]----00.0 NVIDIA Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GT]
+-06.0 Intel Corporation 82875P/E7210 Processor to I/O Memory Interface
+-1d.0 Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1
+-1d.1 Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2
+-1d.2 Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3
+-1d.3 Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4
+-1d.7 Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller
+-1e.0-[02]----0c.0 Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX
+-1f.0 Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge
+-1f.2 Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller
+-1f.3 Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
\-1f.5 Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
Display Properties:
lcd monitor: Dell UltraSharp 1907FP (analog input)
dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (339x271 millimeters)
resolution: 96x96 dots per inch
Will this continue in the future?!?!?
My *guess* is yes.