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[Mike Goldberg <728745@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Timmie from #83: sorry my advice from #73 trashed your video. Unity
works OK on my system (x86_64; nVidia 7300 LE) with the Nouveau drivers,
but some programs such as Extreme Tux Racer and 0 AD do not work well at
all. (Tux racer gets only 2-3 fps and the mouse hesitates constantly in
0 AD, making it unusable. Gamers beware!)  Sites that use flash, Like
Hulu, have some strange quirks as well.

I've been playing with nVidia driver installations. I installed the
xorg-edgers fresh X crack  PPA (ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa) from
http://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa (RTFM & be careful!),
which installed the nvidia-graphics-drivers package (version is
275.09-0ubuntu1~edgers~natty.)  These drivers do not work with Unity on
my system, either.

nVidia knows about this problem (see:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=162819). At this point
in time, it might be better for us to send error reports directly to
nVidia instead of here. Read
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46678 for a HOWTO on
generating what nVidia wants in an error report.

Strangely, after installing the nVidia 275.09 drivers things seem
somewhat better, even though neither Unity nor Ubuntu classic (with
effects) work.  Even though "Additional Drivers" (jockey-gtk) says
nvidia-current is installed but not enabled, more things seem to work.
Go figure. The Ubuntu classic with no effects works well. Extreme Tux
Racer and 0 AD are both useable.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/728745

Title:
  [nvidia, 7300, 7400] display freeze when using unity desktop