Upgrade ones graphics drivs

[Basil Chupin]

On 15/04/13 03:12, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Sunday, April 14, 2013 01:02:13 PM Christer Wickman wrote:
>> Hello Everybody.
>>
>> I have a computer with these confirmation. It has a ASUS Motherboard
>> with a 775 sockel and it has a CPU Intel Core2Duo 2,20GHz. And it has a
>> graphic card which a ASUS too Nvidia GeForce G210. Mow to my question.
>> How does one upgrade ones rutin for the graphic card? I use right now
>> 304.88 And I went to Nvidia homepage and there was a new driv out which
>> 310.24 I think I was call that. So how does one upgrade? Or should one
>> wait until KUbuntu v. 13.04 is released instead? I hope you all can help
>> me with these question. Thank you.
>>
>> Yours
>> Christer Wickman
> It is very hard to use the drivers off the Nvidia site because the 'nv'
> modules that are distributed with kubuntu get the control.

The nv (nouveua) driver comes with other distros and not just Kubuntu.

But the nv driver doesn't have "control" in that when you go to install 
the nVidia driver from the nVidia site the installation tells you that 
the nv driver is installed and then uninstalls it on your instructions.

> I HAVE replaced 'nv' with the drivers but to do so, I had to re-build the
> inintramfs creation files to remove 'nv' from them and then rebuild the
> initram that resides on /boot/.
>
> In addition, having done the above, I now have to rebuild the NVIDIA modules
> every time the kernel changes.  Not a big deal but an extra step you may not
> want to do.
>
> Here are my notes from the process:
> =========================================================
> 41) NVIDIA!!!
>     To remove nouveau, had to rename the
> /lib/modules/3.5.0-18-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/  directory
>   to something else to remove it.
>
> Then do a mkinitramfs -o  <name of current /boot/initrdxxxx
>
> reboot, and then install the NVIDIA files.

As you know, Bill, I use another distro, and in the past day I have read 
posts from ex-Kubuntu users who have moved over to the distro which I am 
using.

Please do not take this as the beginning of any stupid childish crap 
fight like "my * is bigger than your *" but there ARE other distros out 
there which use KDE, and while I do not know what the others are like I 
*do* know that with the distro I am using I don't have to go thru hoops 
and and crawl thru the eye of a needle to be able to either upgrade to a 
latest kernel, or to the latest nVidia driver, or to latest version of 
KDE, or latest LibreOffice, or latest anything.

For example, a couple of days ago my kernel was upgraded to 3.8.7-1 and 
as a result I had to recompile the latest nVidia driver, 310.44, to 
match it. It took me all of some 3 minutes to be up and running again 
with the recompiled driver.

As I said, there are other distros around which may be just as less of a 
pain in the arse to get things done.

And all I am suggesting here is to have a look and see which ones 
provide you with the freedom to do what you want to do and make it easy 
for you to do what you want to achieve.

Linux is supposed to provide the user with choice and flexibility of 
use. If you cannot install the latest nVidia driver without first 
flagellating oneself while dressed in sackcloth, when there is no need 
for it, then it is time to try out an alternate distro.

Nobody is suggesting a change of the DE - KDE is KDE wherever it may be.

BC

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