What package(s) are needed to install nvidia support ?

[Mark Shuttleworth]

John wrote:

> Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>
>> Hi Fabio
>>
>> This python script sounds neat, could you put an item on your "when 
>> the preview is out and the dust settled" list (for Hoary I think) to 
>> integrate this, or something similar, so that people get the nvidia 
>> binary kernel module, and X reconfigured, with OpenGL drivers 
>> rocking, with a single apt-get? And ATI too?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark
>
>
>
> I'm glad to see you say that, I think Fabio's approach places too much 
> onus on the user.

Now would be a good time for me to remind everyone that in the open 
source world, code carries more weight than talk :-) I think we agree 
that we want to make things like "use the nvidia binary driver" painless 
and safe for those users who are happy to take the risks associated with 
closed source software. If you have a good implementation of that it 
will stimulate the debate in a more concrete fashion than expecting 
Fabio to do the work the way someone else says it should be done.

> I've just won a battle to install a DVD burner on Woody; it was far 
> too much trouble,

We can do better... how's the dvd burner story on Warty, and can we 
improve it with tweaks before release? It's too late for drastic changes 
on that front for Warty, but we can add them to the Hoary plan.

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