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problem with new nvidia driver - from envy
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:44 pm
by mercier
i had nvidia driver installed on new clean install, and it worked great, had tv-out and everything.
then i went exploring different things in mint (some great stuff!) and installed nvidia driver from envy - big mistake...HUGE!
couldn't get anything to work properly, and had to do clean reinstall of mint. be warned.
as for the rest - this is by far the best distro a recent windows convert like me, can ask for. thanks guys for providing us with cool os.
Re: problem with new nvidia driver - from envy
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:18 am
by Husse
Welcome to Mint mercier
and thanks for the kind words
There is a new version of Envy
http://www.linuxmint.com/planet/Alberto ... pdated_FAQ
and you can get the new version from Alberto Milones website
http://albertomilone.com/
I doubt it's in the repositories yet
Now to your experience - which nvidia driver did you have?
I would not expect this to happen (ATI is another story) but it's not unknown
Re: problem with new nvidia driver - from envy
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:17 am
by McLovin
Husse wrote:
I would not expect this to happen (ATI is another story) but it's not unknown
HEY!!!! Leave ATI alone.......oh wait, you're right
Re: problem with new nvidia driver - from envy
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:41 am
by mercier
Husse wrote:Welcome to Mint mercier
and thanks for the kind words
There is a new version of Envy
http://www.linuxmint.com/planet/Alberto ... pdated_FAQ
and you can get the new version from Alberto Milones website
http://albertomilone.com/
I doubt it's in the repositories yet
Now to your experience - which nvidia driver did you have?
I would not expect this to happen (ATI is another story) but it's not unknown
the original driver was 100.xx and envy "upgraded" to 169.xx i believe (and it does say "experimental driver" somewhere...).
so i guess envy is ok, and the problem is with the driver. nevermind, it works great now, i have all that i need, so far, from linux.
will be getting back here with more questions, soon...
Re: problem with new nvidia driver - from envy
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:45 pm
by Husse
It's good that it's solved. I'm curious which nvidia card do you have?
Re: problem with new nvidia driver - from envy
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:46 pm
by mercier
Husse wrote:It's good that it's solved. I'm curious which nvidia card do you have?
nvidia GeForce 6200 TurboCache 128Mb RAM
anyway, this problem is solved - now i have another...so i'll open new topic.
thanks for your input.