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

[John]

Mark Shuttleworth wrote:

>
>
> 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 am trying the role of user's advocate. I don't claim any particular 
coding skills; those I once had are sadly attrophied and/or inapplicable.

The suggestion that someone with ideas should code them is often used as 
a pretty sad putdown, it shows a lack of respect and can be hurtful.

If you want a product that is commercially viable, then it has to allow 
users to get on with their work, not researching endless howtos and 
reading code. I have some thoughts on that, but not the skills to do the 
work.

> 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.

I have but one DVD burner (actually, it's my employer's burner and 
computer). If I buy one for me, it won't be in a test machine or my wife's.