My experience in a nutshell (using Kubuntu): - I have an old machine with a GeForce FX 5200, which was working great with natty and the proprietary nvidia-173 driver, manually installed - I don't care about 3D and effects, but watching movies with nouveau I had some annoying flickering horizontal lines - after upgrading to precise I restored nouveau as the proprietary driver compalined about a missing file in /lib - installing nvidia-173 (173.14.39-0ubuntu0.0.1) using Applications -> System -> Additional Drivers (Jockey) solved the issue for me.
In short, you can use GeForce FX 5200 with nvidia-173 in Kubuntu Precise Thanks to all that contributed! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise Status in NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu: New Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-173” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-96” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-173” source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates” source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-96” source package in Precise: Fix Released Bug description: Packages are available from the archive but uninstallable # apt-get install nvidia-96 nvidia-173 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: nvidia-173 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-10 but it is not installable Recommends: nvidia-settings but it is not going to be installed nvidia-96 : Depends: xorg-video-abi-10 but it is not installable Recommends: nvidia-settings but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. # apt-cache policy nvidia-96 nvidia-173 nvidia-96: Installed: (none) Candidate: 96.43.20-0ubuntu6 Version table: 96.43.20-0ubuntu6 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/restricted amd64 Packages nvidia-173: Installed: (none) Candidate: 173.14.30-0ubuntu11 Version table: 173.14.30-0ubuntu11 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/restricted amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nvidia-173 (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Tue Mar 6 14:26:34 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 4.1.8, 3.2.0-17-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 4.1.8, 3.2.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 18) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0456] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:641d Microdia 1.3 MPixel Integrated Webcam MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron N4010 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-18-generic root=UUID=d8966312-304d-4504-b854-5ec365ce6e20 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/19/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A11 dmi.board.name: 021CN3 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A11 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A11 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd01/19/2011:svnDellInc.:pnInspironN4010:pvrA11:rvnDellInc.:rn021CN3:rvrA11:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA11: dmi.product.name: Inspiron N4010 dmi.product.version: A11 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu5 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.1-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.99.901+git20120126-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-drivers-ubuntu/+bug/948053/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
