On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 01:20:11AM +0200, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > On 12 October 2012 01:12, Bryce Harrington <[email protected]> wrote: > > We are introducing new 'experimental' driver packages for NVIDIA, which > > will be available via the Additional Hardware Drivers setup tool for > > 12.04 user (and 12.10 too). These packages will provide NVIDIA's beta > > drivers, which are required for certain commercial games. > > > > There is an nvidia-experimental-304 package which isn't really a beta > > Nvidia 304.x driver is required not only for gamers, but also for > people having new video cards (it's my case). > > I've a Nvidia GT 640 and it's not supported by default on 12.04. > I had to use a PPA repository to install the 304.x driver so I was > able to use this video card. > > I think it should be upgraded in the LTS too, not only in a PPA.
Already done. :-) Use the nvidia-current-updates package, which tracks the latest stable nvidia driver, and currently is providing 304.43. Bryce -- Ubuntu-x mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-x
