[mythtv-users] Warning: Do not install nvidia-304.132 package

[John Pilkington]

On 03/12/16 16:17, F.B. Parker wrote:
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> I did this:
>
> ----8<----
> $ sudo apt-cache policy nvidia-304
> [sudo] password for mythuser:
> nvidia-304:
>   Installed: 304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
>   Candidate: 304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
>   Version table:
>  *** 304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
>         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/restricted
> amd64 Packages
>         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> mythuser at mythbackend1:~$
> ----8<----
>
> And then
>
> ----8<----
> $ sudo apt-get autoremove nvidia*
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package nvidia_driver_for_liveusb
>
> mythuser at mythbackend1:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-304=304.117-0ubuntu1
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Version '304.117-0ubuntu1' for 'nvidia-304' was not found
> mythuser at mythbackend1:~$
> ----8<----
>
> Same thing.
>
> How best to proceed from here? Help is greatly appreciated!
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Will Dormann <wdormann at gmail.com
> <mailto:wdormann at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 12/3/16 10:57 AM, F.B. Parker wrote:
>     > $ sudo apt-get install nvidia-304=304.117-0ubuntu1
>     > Reading package lists... Done
>     > Building dependency tree
>     > Reading state information... Done
>     > E: Version '304.117-0ubuntu1' for 'nvidia-304' was not found
>     > mythuser at mythbackend1:~$
>
>
>     Try:
>     apt-cache policy nvidia-304
>
>     If there's a non-132 version, try installing that?   If there isn't,
>     then you may have to go searching for them.    I can't vouch for them,
>     nor do I know whether they work with 12.04, but somebody had pointed out
>     that old packages (including the working .131 version) are here:
>     http://ubuntu.ip-connect.vn.ua/pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/
>     <http://ubuntu.ip-connect.vn.ua/pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/>
>
>
>
>     -WD
>

I have a 10-year old nvidia card that needed the 304-series 'legacy' 
driver.  I don't think it supports your GT 430.  No doubt *buntu has a 
tool to identify what you do need, but this might help:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

John P