[xubuntu-users] How to disable NVIDIA driver update notifications?

[blind Pete]

Frits wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I'm new to Xubuntu and new on the list. I've installed Xubuntu 12.04 LTS
> on a 10 year old Shuttle FX43G with 1 GB RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce FX
> 5700VE graphics card. During the installation from cd, I discovered that
> the cdrom player had problems reading the Xubuntu installation cd, which I
> had burnt on another pc. So I replaced the iffy cd player first.
> Thereafter, installation of Xubuntu went impressively smoothly, except for
> the dual monitor configuration. The NVIDIA drivers that Xubuntu 12.04
> offered during/after installation didn't detect the monitor that was on
> the DVI port. The other monitor on the VGA port was detected.
> 
> 12.04 offered three nvidia-setting drivers. I tried all of them and they
> all detected only one of the monitors. In NVIDIA X Server Settings, all
> three drivers gave this message:
> 
> "Unable to load X Server Display Configuration page. The NVIDIA X driver
> is not new enough to support the nvidia-settings display configuration
> page."
> 
> I tried a number of solutions offered on the internet. None of them
> worked. Eventually, this suggestion did:
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1861362
> 
> The NVIDIA driver on the FX 5700 is version 173.14. The
> nvidia-settings_195.36.08-0ubuntu2_i386.deb driver works with 173.14. Both
> monitors are shown and configurable in NIVIDIA X Server Settings.
> 
> Now, the Xubuntu update-notifier keeps on reminding me that I need to
> update the 'Transitional package for nvididia-settings' and that I should
> install 'nividia-settings 304'. Obviously, I don't want the new driver.
> How can I disable these notifications concerning NVIDIA drivers?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Frits

You could try uninstalling the transitional package and anything 
for 304 (but keep the drive that you are using).  

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blind Pete
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