--- In linux-latitude-d800@yahoogroups.com, "allan_d_gillis"
<allan_d_gillis@...> wrote:
>
> I've just installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my old D800 and am really pleased,
> but I just haven't had much sucess with the Nvidia driver. The Ubuntu
> supplied one is working like a charm, but obviously doesn't support
> everything.
>
> I am pretty much a complete noob when it comes to configuring X and
> installing Linux drivers. I know enough to make it worry me.
>
> Anyway, I would like to try some of the apps that require the
> functionality in the Nvidia driver. I've tried the 96.43.07 driver
> and it was a huge hassel to get the resolution right, and once that
> was set (1920x1200) the performance was horrible. It worked a bit
> better at 1280x928 (I think that's what I tried) but of course that's
> not the native resolution, and the video player wouldn't work
> full-screen anymore - it crashed silently.
>
> Can anyone supply some guidance? I've rolled back to the Ubuntu
> supplied driver so I'm at least back where I started from...
>

I am sorry you're having these issues, that does sound frustrating.

I haven't used my D800 in a looong time (I went to the 820, then 830,
and now somewhat shamefully I'm on a MacBook Pro...), but when I did,
the NVidia driver was *definitely* the thing to use.

You might try rolling back to an older driver, specifically, the ones
that were available a couple years ago, though old - I know they
worked as I used them. I'm not sure if they'll be compatible with
newer versions of the operating system but maybe it's worth a try?

The combination between this problem (video drivers), wireless drivers
for new hardware, and VMWare drivers (needed for work) finally
entangled me in driver hell enough that it pushed me to a commercial
kernel for my desktop though - that was the reason.

Never have a problem with video drivers in my server farm at least :-)

Good luck!