Hi I've read through all the comments on this bug so won't add anything more other than to say it did effect my laptop running a Geforce4 4200 Go negatively when i went along and installed the latest nvidia-glx in Feisty Beta
A point I would like to make that is not covered here is why was I allowed to install a driver that did not support my card? Would it not be better to maybe have the nvidia-glx installation procedure test whether or not the GPU installed is actually supported before people head down the path of a non functioning X server? Nvidia provides a Device PCI ID that could be t ested against : 0x0286 in my case (http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9755/README/appendix-a.html) I'm thinking something along the lines of "Incompatible driver found. This driver does not support your graphics card". Or maybe automatically attempt to load nv instead if nvidia fails? at least I could then boot to my desktop. That would save a lot of: * rebooting after upgrade * x bleating about screens not being found (after a nice long view of the kubuntu logo and some finger tapping). * Switching to another run level to find what the hell happened * downgrading to nvidia-glx-legacy * rebooting * finding twinview no longer works * reading the nvidia docs * not being able to find the nvidia-glx 96xx package in the repos (is there an easy way to downgrade using just the apt repos?) * dkpg -i /var/cache/apt/...nvidia-glx...-96xx to downgrade (luckily it was still in the cache) along with restricted modules etc * booting into the previous kernel version -- to get a working desktop 3 hours later Is this really what we want *buntu to be doing in 2007 ? - can a non tech savvy user do the above? no - does windows do this better? yes -- MASTER: Request for new-legacy nvidia drivers (9631) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/96430 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
