As a workaround, I was able to get the nvidia-96 drivers working, but it isn't quite seamless. First, I removed all nvidia packages that were currently installed (with --purge), then selected and installed the nvidia-96 drivers by searching "nvidia" within the "Ubuntu Software Center" and selecting "nvidia-96".
At this point the display would not start with the xorg.conf generated by the "nvidia-xconfig" utility. If you tried to start X with this xorg.conf file, you'd get a complaint that it couldn't find the nvidia driver. Without an xorg.conf file, X would start, but set to a lower resolution with no ability to switch to 1920x1200. At some point, I wondered if the nouveau driver was conflicting. I removed the xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package (again with --purge) and then (with no xorg.conf file) the nvidia 96 driver started working correctly with full resolution. So the working config is: jo...@johnn-craylap:~$ dpkg --get-selections | grep -i nvidia nvidia-96 install nvidia-glx-96 install nvidia-settings install jo...@johnn-craylap:~$ dpkg --get-selections | grep -i nouve libdrm-nouveau1 install jo...@johnn-craylap:~$ ls -al /etc/X11/xorg.conf ls: cannot access /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory jo...@johnn-craylap:~$ -- X display shows garbage w/ nouveau & Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP rev a1 (NV28) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653714 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
