Why isn't it in the repos? Sure, i am clearly capable of installing binary from nvidia or using someone's ppa.
But this is Ubuntu. Main staff said it's for human beings. Not scripting nerds. Ubuntu released a version without support for older gfx cards without a real warning in the update manager. That's a big fail. (!!) Now a fix apperead, hooray. But it takes weeks to get it into the repos. Is it just that no one of the devs is interested in releasing it? Better things to do than fixing gfx for 50% of Ubuntuusers? (linux = OS for lowend machines. Of Course high end also ;) ) Sorry for that flame post, but it's too often like this. Developers stop when things work. Work means: do this sh script as root, shutdown x-server and install it by ... I guess i don't have to tell you what my girlfriend would say to that kind of step by step guide.. Maybe we should re-define "working" for Ubuntu and try to improve user experience for unexperienced users! ( the mac way.. clearly visible a successfull way) -- ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 drivers in Maverick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626974 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
