by athenroy » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:18 pm
I'll have to check the kernel version on that. I did have one booted in safe mode the other day. I'm sure I can do it with you're help. The thing that really gets me though is that if a noobie who say has never tried Linux, downloads one of these mainstream distros, burns the LiveCD or DVD and the video tears up on him, what is he going to think? I would think it would be far better to ship the distro with a different driver as default than offer the additional drive deal with a warning that this driver may not work on all nVidia video. I'm sure by now the Nuoveau designers must know this, don't they? Everything provided by Ultimate Edition has worked fine, by the way.
I'm going to be tied up probably the rest of the week, but, yes, I would really like to get with you and see if you can help me modify the kernel to use the proper driver. I'm good at hardware, I can usually get an install to do what I want it to, but I've never gotten into the "nuts and bolts" of how it works and would really like to learn. You may need a big club to help it sink into my thick skull, though! But if you're willing to help, I'm willing to learn. Thanks.
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