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[Larry Siden <lsiden@xxxxxxxxx>]

This problem is affecting me too.  I have tried:

* installing the PPA ubuntu-x-swat-x-updates-maverick (results in Hash Sum Mismatch when trying to install nvidia driver)
* following suggestions from #36 to downgrade back to Lucid.
* installing driver from maverick-proposed (apt-get install nvidia-current/maverick-proposed => E: Unable to locate package nvidia-graphics-drivers-96)
* installing proprietary driver directly from Nvidia site.

I've been at it all afternoon reading this and other threads and trying
suggestions and nothing has worked.  Does anybody have a fix for this?

A side-question.  How do I know which driver I need for my chipset.
lspci says I have NVidia NV44A [GeForce 6200].  Does that need the 96 or
170 driver or something else?  I don't even know what those numbers
mean.  I assume that they must correspond to chipsets.  I've been to the
nvidia site but don't know what to look for.

I wish there was a clear set of instructions somewhere.  Alternately,
someone please tell me what kind of card I need to upgrade to for which
there are good drivers in Maverick.  I'd gladly pay a few extra bucks to
have a working system again because I depend on it for my work.   What a
mess this has been for me and for others!

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626974

Title:
  ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 drivers in Maverick