Will I bork my install with Nvidia 173.14.39 driver for a GeForce4?

[zapjb]

Specs: Asus a7n8x vm 400 with integrated Nvidia nforce2 graphics it is an integrated GeForce4 MX GPU.

I am not entirely satisfied with the nouveau driver. Not at all. The video twitching is bothersome. Small horizontal dashes flickering on & off. Every once in a while (rare) the video blinks on & off quickly.

So I know the nvidia-96 driver is not supported. But I tried anyways: sudo apt-get install nvidia-96. Couldn't find package. So a no go. Or probably not a good idea obtain it outside the repos?

Then I tried: sudo apt-get install nvidia-173. I said no at the confirmation prompt because I wanted feedback first.

I know the nivida-173 does not support my integrated GeForce4 MX at least from the literature I've read from Nvidia & elsewhere. But I want to try.

If the install even completes & that's a big if.

Will I bork my Kubuntu 14.04 install? Will Xorg not start? What might happen & can I easily recover? Should I try the official nvidia-96 from Nvidia?

Thanks.

[claydoh]

yes

Well, it is quite likely. You might be safe if installing the Nvidia driver does not disable the built-in Nouveau driver. In that case, installing the Nvidia driver will not change a thing .

What would be ideal is if the 96 series driver were still available in Ubuntu.

[zapjb]

Thanks lol. Sorry if I'm being tiresome with my questions.

So to sum it up both nvidia-173 & nvidia-96 will bork my install.

[claydoh]

you want nvidia-96, but as the driver is so old, it can't be compiled against modern kernels, and more importantly, Xorg. At least nothing successful in my searches.

Do not feel that your questions are a bother!!!! It is what we are here for

[claydoh]

One thing I don't think we've tried is disabling desktop effects.... I wonder if that might help.

[zapjb]

Ok. Under Configure desktop effects there is enable desktop effects at startup. Is this the only option I should uncheck?

Because there is a multitude of other options.

[kc1di]

supposedly Nvidia issued a fix for the 173 driver to work with newer kernels. but not sure your card is supported by that driver anyway