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master_kernel
October 3rd, 2007, 09:20 PM
I am conducting even MORE research for KernelCheck (http://kcheck.sourceforge.net) and I need to include an option to autoinstall nVidia drivers (legacy and non-legacy). Please post the way you installed it (website binary or Ubuntu repositories). Thank you!

-grubby
October 3rd, 2007, 11:29 PM
non legacy nvidia from the restricted-drivers-manager

screaminj3sus
October 3rd, 2007, 11:42 PM
I just use the restricted-manager; easy, convenient, and works great.

master_kernel
October 4th, 2007, 08:22 PM
I just use the restricted-manager; easy, convenient, and works great.
That would fall under Ubuntu repos.

FuturePilot
October 4th, 2007, 08:37 PM
My laptop is running the Legacy driver (9639) from the Gutsy repos. But I have a feeling that may change soon because the latest Legacy driver (9643) seems to have fixed the black window bug which has haunted my laptop.
My desktop is using the Legacy 9631 from Feisty's repos. I could use the newer one (9755) but I figured better not. Why fix what isn't broken? But I plan on using the 100.14.19 drivers that are in Gutsy's repos when I install Gutsy.
My other laptop is using the 100.14.19 driver from Nvidia's site due to the fact that none of the drivers in Feisty support the card.

Sunflower1970
October 4th, 2007, 09:06 PM
I use one of both. Legacy on one computer and current driver on the other from the Ubuntu repositories.

Dimitriid
October 4th, 2007, 09:27 PM
I use the driver envy installs. I tried a few moments ago to uninstall it. x crashed afterwards of course. I tried to reconfigure x ( dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg ) and I got x back for some reason metacity would not start, and under 'restricted drivers manager' I did not had the option to install Ubuntu's default restricted driver manager. So I guess I have to do something else to remove Envy and have only
Ubuntu's default restricted ( it shows I have the restricted now but I think it installs a more up to date one )

I'll wrestle with this more later.

~LoKe
October 4th, 2007, 09:33 PM
I use Envy. Too much time spent trying to get the drivers working consistently myself, it's easier this way.

master_kernel
October 7th, 2007, 11:59 PM
I think Envy uses the binary driver from the nVidia site.

CulleyS
October 8th, 2007, 04:33 PM
I'm using the driver that came with NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2 from the NVIDIA site.

Running Ubuntu gutsy (development branch), kernel 2.6.22-13-generic on an AMD 64 processor. Gfx card is GeForce 8600GT.

With it, I've managed to get some stuff to work, but not everything. :) Dual monitors now works for me. As I mentioned in another post, couldn't get dual monitors to work using the restricted driver manager method. Haven't tried Envy.

OffHand
October 8th, 2007, 04:45 PM
I use the binary from the Nvidia website....

wdo_will
October 8th, 2007, 05:00 PM
I feel guilty for doing it, but I use the non-free driver from the Ubuntu repos.

ssam
October 8th, 2007, 05:07 PM
nv.

the nvidia one is too unstable (some issue with 100.14.19 + dual core + 7300 cards) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22/+bug/145112

i have tried the nouveau driver, and it is coming along nicely.

cogadh
October 8th, 2007, 06:38 PM
I use the nvidia-glx-new package from the repositories (9755 driver). That isn't the default Nvidia driver from the repositories (9633 driver) and certainly isn't the legacy driver, so I voted "other".

master_kernel
October 30th, 2007, 01:45 AM
Any way to get non-legacy working with 2.6.23?