@alezflute i just tried it, didn't work! All manual install versions i've tried jammed at or before starting lightdm.
As a matter of procedure (maybe someone can pitch in some tips) i did the following: 1. killed the current lightdm from virtual console 2. ran installer 3. got an initial error stating "precleanup distribution provided scripts failed do you want to continue driver install anyway" 4. i went ahead and had an error-less install 5. at the end it complained not finding libGL.so.1 / libGLcore.so.1 and libGL.tls.so.1 and proceeded to create them as symlinks to it's own versions libGL.so.173.14.31 (i presumed it was looking for them in order to remove/replace them with the symlinks it made) 6. rebooted got stuck 7. entered virtual console and erased /etc/X11/xorg.conf 8. rebooted This seamed to work each time i tried a new driver version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to jockey in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772207 Title: version 173.14.30 driver is buggy for NVidia GeForce FX series Status in Unity: Confirmed Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-173” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Video card: 01:00.0 0300: 10de:0322 (rev a1) "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)" Installed ubuntu Natty 11.04 and installed proposed "NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 173)" nvidia-173 (version 173.14.30-0ubuntu1) After reboot the screen became 640x480 and unity login got stuck. Had to do "apt-get remove nvidia-173". In jockey show this "This driver is activated but not currently in use". nvidia-173 is the recommended driver. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/772207/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
