Nividia Geforce 7 series

[ryno]

Hi all,

I have a nividia display card as indicated above, I want to knw if karmic will work with this card.
I really want to try this virsion out

Thanx

[Snowhog]

Re: Nividia Geforce 7 series

Try it out. That's the whole purpose of a LiveCD.

[ryno]

Re: Nividia Geforce 7 series

On the live cd it works, but I have seen that on a previous ver the live cd worked but when i installed it, I had no gui!
Thats why I'm asking first

[dibl]

Re: Nividia Geforce 7 series

It is quite possible that immediately after installation, you'll have no gui. I think that's #2 on my FAQs.

But, it's very recoverable.

[ryno]

Re: Nividia Geforce 7 series


Well, if I may ask how will one be able to do that?

On the other hand, I'm currently using Kubuntu Hardy heron. Do u think it is worth the try to install this version.
I know it is only in beta form, and I know that there is still alot of bugs in it.

Regarding Hardy, I also started using it in when it was in beta form.

What will u recomend?

[dibl]

Re: Nividia Geforce 7 series

Well, if I may ask how will one be able to do that?

Probably the fastest way would be to boot (immediately after installation) into Recovery Mode, and run the "Fix X" routine, and then reboot and login normally.

Once you're in a GUI, then you can go to System>Hardware Drivers and enable the Nvidia driver.

On the other hand, I'm currently using Kubuntu Hardy heron. Do u think it is worth the try to install this version.
I know it is only in beta form, and I know that there is still alot of bugs in it.

If Hardy Heron is working for you, I wouldn't be in a rush to install Karmic before it is released. There are still things breaking fairly frequently, and it doesn't sound like you are a lover of the CLI.

[ryno]

Re: Nividia Geforce 7 series

If Hardy Heron is working for you, I wouldn't be in a rush to install Karmic before it is released. There are still things breaking fairly frequently, and it doesn't sound like you are a lover of the CLI.

I dont have a problem using the CLI, but I'm not using it enough to remember all the commands. But I do prefer using the GUI.

In any case thanx for the advice, is there a site that I can go to in the mean time to learn more about th new way things are being done in karmic? ie plasma screen/desktop/windows, it is quite confusing to me. I have read quite a bit on the internet about this and I must say it is bending my mind.....

[dibl]

Re: Nividia Geforce 7 series

Here's a thought -- download a daily build ISO file and burn yourself a Karmic Live CD:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/

Play with the Live CD -- do the System>Hardware Drivers thing and see if it works correctly for your Nvidia card. If it works OK and you like it, you might decide to install it. If it's a disaster, then you've still got your trusty Hardy system to use.

[cantodea]

Re: Nividia Geforce 7 series

Hi all,

I have a nividia display card as indicated above, I want to knw if karmic will work with this card.
I really want to try this virsion out

Thanx

I'm using the same type of nvidia cardin karmic alpha 6 right now. No problems at all.

Cantodea

[genux]

Re: Nividia Geforce 7 series

I am using the Geforce 7 series on my laptop, 7600 go nvidia graphics card. But you will have problems if you are using a Intel 95M northbridge as well with over 3Gb of RAM, because the linux kernel PCI IOMEM allocates memory and cannot reference over 3GB in 256M chunks correctly. Waiting on a PCI IOMEM kernel upgrade.

But if you are using a 7 series with less than 3GB you will be fine