[YLUG] new Linux box

[Nigel]

Thank you, Zoe and Nick, for your suggestions. I have had a look at 
the web page and had a go. Just concentrating on the graphics card 
thing, here's what happens -

System > Administration > Restricted Drivers Manager shows
"Nvidia graphics driver (latest cards)" status = "not in use"

I put a tick in the box "enabled" and I get a dialogue box saying
"enable the driver?". Feeling hopeful, I click this.

Another box pops up, "the software source for the package 
nvidia-gls-new is not enabled"
There are no further options. Seems like a dead end.

What am I missing?

I am sure the solution is in your email, Nick, but I cannot 
understand it yet (am a raving newbie). You say "enable the 
restricted repository". This sounds useful, but how?

I am running Ubuntu 7.10. I am at the stage when a lot of the 
explanations in community docs don't yet make sense to me. For 
example, a lot of community docs are about earlier versions of 
Ubuntu, or about Kubuntu. Is the advice good for Ubuntu 7.10?

I am hoping to come along to the install day and learn some basic 
approaches that you all got used to ages ago.

Best wishes
Nigel


At 10:59 30/10/07, you wrote:

>On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 11:04:37PM +0000, Nigel wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I've just joined your list and I wonder if anyone can help me.
> >
> > I have just installed Ubuntu. My very first attempt at Linux.
> >
> > I can't understand how to install the graphics card driver. I have
>
>This page looks promising:
>
>   https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
>
> > And then there's the issue of getting Ubuntu to recognise my windows
> > network and open files from it...... Oh dear....
>
>This page also looks promising:
>
>   https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountWindowsSharesPermanently
>
> > Headingley
> > Leeds
> > www.healheadingley.org.uk
>
>If you can get to the installday, that would be cunning, although
>I'm not sure we'll have any Windows shares lying around to test
>with.
>
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>  -- zoe
>
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