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[Patrick Valdellon <valworx@xxxxxxxxx>]

André,

just add this ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates (
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates ) and apt-get
upgrade.

br,
     Patrick

2010/8/5 André Bergner <andre.bergner.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Patrick,
> thank you for the info. Just one question: what do you mean by 256 series
> nvidia driver? Waht is the 256 referring to? The driver version? My driver
> version is 195.36.24. Where should the 256 appear?
>
> cheers, André
>
> 2010/8/5 Patrick Valdellon <valworx@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Hi,
>> I tried out kubuntu lucid the other day, and suspend seems fine. the
>> new 256 series nvidia drivers don't care about newer bios/efis
>> anymore. Brightness keys in stamina mode don't work.
>>
>> br,
>>   Patrick
>>
>> 2010/8/4 André Bergner <andre.bergner.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Hello everybody,
>> >
>> > at first my situation: I have a vaio z 41 running ubuntu karmic and
>> > everything is running fluently so far thanks to Raphaels janitor script,
>> > i.e graphics card cold switch works, brightness keys are working, 3g
>> > works,
>> > hibernating works, ...
>> > Now, I have to questions.
>> > 1.) I would like to install Ubuntu Lucid. What are the experiences so
>> > far?
>> > Does everything work flawlessly?
>> > I read some time ago that there are troubles with hibernating/standby.
>> > Was
>> > that a singular issue or a general?
>> > Can I use the Janitor script as well to get everything installed?
>> > (Raphaels
>> > page states the script is for the developer branch)
>> > 2.) I would like to upgrade my bios to the latest version which enables
>> > Intel's VT-x support. Is anybody using that bios and running linux
>> > flawlessly?
>> > I remember some thread about problems with that bios and ubuntu but I
>> > couldn't find it again. Have those problems been resolved?
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> > cheers,
>> > André
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