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Status update on proprietary drivers in Lucid

 

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



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