[xubuntu-users] $@$@$&%#%& Nvidia card... anyone know if the xorg-video-nv driver does 2d _high_ resolution?

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:57:34 -0400
"Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" <jtwdyp at ttlc.net> wrote:

> 
> It would appear that on Jul 10, Charlie Kravetz did say:
> 
> > Since nouveau has replaced the nv driver in the kernel in Lucid, you
> > probably do not want to use the nv driver. However, you should be able
> > to use the nvidia hardware driver. This is installed using
> > "Applications -> System -> Hardware Drivers" in Xubuntu.
> 
> Well that explains some of my misconception. I searched for nvidia on
> synaptic.  And each of the listed nvidia drivers warned about needing a
> kernel module (I don't understand much about those But I was envisioning
> something I'd have to manually compile every time they update the kernel...
> 
> So I looked for and found the hardware drivers option and it worked well
> enough. But evidently I was having a problem with the video as it was
> because of something I hadn't noticed before (and in fact am sure it wasn't
> so when I pasted a few command strings into the keyboard shortcuts) But
> today in XFCE my mouse pointer was invisible until I installed one of the
> nvidia drivers. Being keyboard centric this only bothered me because I
> couldn't find a way to move the focus to the lower scroll box where the
> full description text of each driver was explained. In the end I chose
> based on the phrase "has been tested" being replaced by "recommended" in the
> upper portion of the scroll box...
> 
> I'm a little puzzled that even though synaptic said I already had both
> the nv & the vesa drivers, the "Hardware Drivers" list only offered the
> three nvidia drivers, And nothing for any other hardware besides the video
> card what so ever??? Is that normal???
> 

Most of the hardware is not as machine specific as the video drivers.
The three nvidia drivers are the proprietary nVidia drivers, the nv,
nouveau, and vesa drivers are all open source. 

Yes, it is normal not to see specific hardware drivers for anything but
the video. 

Good luck,

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Charlie Kravetz 
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