ubuntu-x-swat team mailing list archive

Thread
Date

[Bug 530481] Re: nvidia-graphics-drivers break libgl horribly if hardware isn't nvidia

To: ubuntu-x-swat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Alberto Milone <alberto.milone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:47:24 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 530481 <530481@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

@Reinhard
if you don't have an Nvidia card you should not install the nvidia driver (unless you know what you're doing). In this case the driver was pulled as a dependency by mplayer but this should not happen any more after you fix mplayer (as vdpau is a separate library now).

For example if you want to keep the Nvidia driver installed (e.g. if you plan on adding an Nvidia card) and keep using open drivers  you will have to do the following after installing the nvidia driver:
1) sudo update-alternatives --config gl_conf (and select the alternative provided by mesa)
2) sudo ldconfig
3) sudo update-initramfs -u

Usually proprietary drivers are installed through Jockey, which hides
these details from users.

For further information you can have a look at the wiki:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/NvidiaDriverSwitching

-- 
nvidia-graphics-drivers break libgl horribly if hardware isn't nvidia
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530481
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X,
which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in ubuntu.