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[DKT <dktcoding@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there!

> I also have one question.... the objective of these test is to confirm that
> the "proprietary" drivers work... but are they the drivers we download from
> www.ati.com/www.nvidia.com or do we need to test the ones that are suggested
> by ubuntu in the hardware manager ?
> Both fit the bill of being "proprietary" so i would like to be clear on that
> matter.

That's a very good question, in xpr-001[1] the ubuntu suggested driver
is installed and the tests are run with those drivers, then in
xpr-008[2] the proprietary driver is manually installed but only to
test if upgrade works ok. It might be useful to test if the downloaded
and manually installed driver works correctly in a fresh Lucid
installation, specially considering there's quite a lot of people that
(for some odd reason) choose to install drivers manually.
We should wait for Ara's reply to see her opinion on this issue.

Cheers!

-- 
Federico Vera https:/launchpad.net/~fedevera

[1] http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Hardware/X/ProprietaryDrivers#Installation
[2] http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Hardware/X/ProprietaryDrivers#Upgrade
>From Manual Install Testing