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[Alberto Milone <alberto.milone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

This email is meant to give you an update on the status of proprietary
drivers in Lucid and to guide you through the installation of these
drivers.

== Current Status ==

* Nvidia drivers
  - nvidia-current: the latest stable driver (currently at version
190.xx, soon to be updated to 195.xx)
  - nvidia-173: a legacy driver
  - nvidia-96: the oldest legacy driver (meant to be used on old cards)

* Fglrx (ATI) driver:
  - No driver is currently available on Lucid. AMD is working to
enable compatibility with Lucid's xserver and we should get this
driver before the release of Lucid.
    In the meantime I recommend that you use the open source driver
(selected by default) instead.

== How to install the nvidia driver manually if Jockey doesn't work for you ==
(please file bug reports against Jockey if you experience problems with it)

1) Make sure that the kernel headers for your kernel are installed
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
2) Install the nvidia driver:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current (or nvidia-173 or nvidia-96,
depending on your card)
3) Select the driver that you wish to use (you can install all of the
nvidia drivers but use only at the time):
sudo update-alternatives --config gl_conf
sudo ldconfig
sudo update-initramfs -u
4) Configure your xorg.conf
sudo nvidia-xconfig
5) Restart your computer (restarting only the xserver might not work)

Note: if you wish to see what alternative is in use (i.e. what driver
is installed and enabled) you can use the following command:
sudo update-alternatives --display gl_conf

== How to switch back to the open source driver ==

1) Remove your xorg.conf
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
2) Select the open source alternative (i.e. /usr/lib/mesa/ld.so.conf )
with the following command
sudo update-alternatives --config gl_conf
3) Update the ld cache and the initramfs:
sudo ldconfig
sudo update-initramfs -u
4) Restart your computer

Regards,

-- 
Alberto Milone
Sustaining Engineer (system)
Foundations Team
Canonical OEM Services