[xubuntu-users] 14.04.1 hates video

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 6:51 AM, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Sep 2014 13:05:02 +0100 (BST)
> James Freer <jessejazza3.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 7 Sep 2014, Hartmut Haase wrote:
>> > Hi MR,
>> >> I did install from scratch - the upgrade failed miserably.
>> > I did install Xubuntu 14.04 from scratch about one month ago, and
>> > have seen none of your problems so far.
>> > --
>> > Viele Grüße,
>> > Hartmut
>>
>> Same here. I only consider a complete install from CD/DVD for every
>> release. Only install if md5sum/sha*sum is correct. Upgrade I would
>> avoid whatever you read. With an upgrade you are leaving your hidden
>> files... and if one relating to video is remaining that could
>> conflict with a new release of Parole (or whatever you are using).
>
> Same here. Long ago, I got tired of ghosts of OSes past gumming up my
> computer. I reinstall from scratch on every major version because:
>
> 1) I'm an elder in the Church of the Known State
>
> 2) It's like spring cleaning: An opportunity to throw out your
>    accumulated junk.
>

I went back and checked to find the "right" nVidia driver and it
turned out not to be the "latest" one in the Ubuntu repositories but a
newer one in a different repo (I forget right now which repo).

Since I installed the new driver I haven't seen any problems, though I
haven't watched too too many videos since then - busy not watching
videos :-).

Between my printer (driver stopped functioning right when I really
needed to print some checks), the video problem and losing my internet
connection last night (external area-wide problems with our provider),
it's been a long weekend.

Things may be looking up.

Thanks.
MR