[sclug] sclug Digest, Vol 73, Issue 3

David Given dg at cowlark.com
Tue Oct 6 00:55:25 UTC 2009


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Darren Davison wrote:
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> I've used the nvidia proprietary driver through all recent versions on
> several desktop/laptop machines without any problems.  Certainly including
> 8.04.

I had hideous breakage on 9.04 when I tried to install the nvidia driver
using aptitude --- I eventually had to manually purge it, and then use
the 'Hardware Drivers' applet to install it properly.

No, I don't know why.

But once installed it worked beautifully.

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