Note the workarounds appear _not_ to work with Natty. I upgraded and couldn't convince Natty to install -96 fully. I don't recall the exact message, but I think it suggested it couldn't satisfy the package dependencies.
When I install 185 as in comment #9, the driver doesn't appear to recognize the hardware. root@johnn-craylap:~# cd /lib/modules/`uname -r` root@johnn-craylap:/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic# find . -iname "nv*" -print ./kernel/drivers/char/nvram.ko ./kernel/drivers/video/nvidia ./kernel/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidiafb.ko ./kernel/drivers/watchdog/nv_tco.ko ./updates/dkms/nvidia-current.ko root@johnn-craylap:/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic# root@johnn-craylap:/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic# insmod updates/dkms/nvidia-current.ko insmod: error inserting 'updates/dkms/nvidia-current.ko': -1 No such device root@johnn-craylap:/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic# root@johnn-craylap:/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic# dpkg --get-selections | grep -i nv libgnome2-canvas-perl install libgnomecanvas2-0 install libgnomecanvas2-common install libgoocanvas-common install libgoocanvas3 install libtext-iconv-perl install nvidia-current install nvidia-glx-185 install nvidia-settings install python-gnomecanvas install python-pygoocanvas install python-uniconvertor install xserver-xorg-video-nv install root@johnn-craylap:/lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic# -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653714 Title: Garbage on X display w/ Dell D800 wuxga & nouveau driver (Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP rev a1 [NV28]) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
