Feisty + Nvidia 8800

Chaos · 5 Jun 2007 at 16:21

Anyone using an 8800 nvidia card with feisty?

I tried using the restricted drivers but x wont load, so I reinstalled ubuntu and tried installing the nvidia-glx-new drivers through synaptic and still no joy.

Anyone got theres working ? Im pretty new to linux so dont have much experience setting up drivers.

M0KUJ1N · 5 Jun 2007 at 16:48

Linux and cutting edge hardware arent often the best bedfellows Im afraid.

You could try the beta drivers as theyre reported to have support for the 8800 cards but the operative word here is Beta i.e. Your Mileage May Vary and you cant blame Nvidia (or me) if they render your graphics card into a molten pile of Silicon

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html

matja · 5 Jun 2007 at 17:10

I had the same problem with Feisty. I resolved it by downloading the driver package from Nvidia website and building it myself, worked fine after that, compiz and all. You don't need the beta drivers, but they might work better (or not, you know how it goes)

8800's work find in Gentoo right from the get-go, as long as you unmask nvidia-drivers package.

Chaos · 5 Jun 2007 at 20:12

I managed to get it following this -

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-nvidia-acceleration-in-feisty-nvidia-8800-and-legacy-users.html