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On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 22:44 +0100, Steve Smith wrote:<BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">On 4 October 2010 20:20, Nicolas Will <<A HREF="mailto:nico@youplala.net">nico@youplala.net</A>> wrote:</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 13:05 -0600, Brian Wood wrote:</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> The 5200 will probably require the legacy driver, but should work, you</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> should even be able to get XVmC to work for MPEG2</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> stuff.</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> Careful with legacy NVIDIA drivers.</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> The trouble is that the upcoming cycle of common distros will have X server</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> 1.9. NVIDIA has the mainline driver adapted to the new ABI, but not the</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> legacy versions. So the proprietary legacy drivers won't work. NVIDIA has</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> clearly announced that porting the legacy stuff is low on their priority</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> list.</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> I am reverting an old laptop from Maverick to Lucid for this reason.</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> Yes, old hardware gets stale support... Another dead horse, maybe...</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#737373">> Nico</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">Nico,</FONT></TT><BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">Thanks for the heads up on this one... looks like I'll be sticking on</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">Ubuntu 10.0.4 then! Still it's a Myth box, for 1 specific purpose (ie.</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">Myth) so upgrades not so necessary. (So long as Myth doesn't start</FONT></TT><BR>
<TT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">requiring some latest & greatest libraries again....)</FONT></TT> <BR>
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Exact details in links down the message.<BR>
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It looks like that if you require the 173 series, you are out of the woods as of today in Maverick (10.10).<BR>
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If you require the 96 series... oops. At least at release time, but there is hope on the NVIDIA front. My old laptop needs this one...<BR>
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<A HREF="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/626974">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/626974</A><BR>
<A HREF="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/+bug/626918">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/+bug/626918</A><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=155622">http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=155622</A><BR>
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Nico<BR>
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