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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

  1. Bug #616023
  2. Comment #89

Comment 89 for bug 616023

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Ryu Ito (kumaryu-watchtower) wrote :

I believe the fix discussed above (256.53, released: 2010.08.31) only provides a solution for only some of the users. Although it added support for xorg-server video driver ABI version 8 / xorg-server-1.9, the driver does not support legacy cards such as the Geforce 5 FX series.

The currently recommended driver for Geforce 5 FX is currently 173.14.27. The problem is that 173.14.27 is intended for use with X.Org xserver 1.8 and Maverick comes with xserver 1.9.

A workaround that appears to work (for me) is item two listed at the top of this discussion:
  " 2) downgrade xorg-xserver to 1.8.2 (the maverick older version or even xorg-edgers lucid version)"
A good instruction for implementing this workaround is outlined here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9875191 which downgrades xserver-xorg to the ones in Lucid.

Not sure about the medium-term implications of the workaround however.