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Nvidia geforce 4 series
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:21 pm
by Shay255
So I was just wondering just found out my nvidia card is geforce 4 series and just wondering now that I have finally figured this nvidia card out what nvidia driver do I install since I have the nvidia geforce series
Re: Nvidia geforce 4 series
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:01 am
by antikythera
geforce 4 is supported by nvidia-96 (a legacy package) which doesn't work at all with anything after mint 9 or so i have found. if you use a newer distribution then in my opinion you are best sticking with the supplied opensource drivers.
Re: Nvidia geforce 4 series
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:02 am
by Shay255
Oh like the new linux mint 12 lxde or lubuntu 11.10
Re: Nvidia geforce 4 series
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:06 am
by AlbertP
antikythera wrote:geforce 4 is supported by nvidia-96 (a legacy package) which doesn't work at all with anything after mint 9 or so i have found. if you use a newer distribution then in my opinion you are best sticking with the supplied opensource drivers.
On Mint 11 the driver indeed does not work. But with 12 it works again and it also worked with 10. Indeed, the driver is somewhat buggy on newer versions and doesn't always work well, but usually Mint 9, 10 or 12 should just run fine.