Posted by kranny on June 6th, 2009,This post is viewed 3,216 times
There are many tutorials floating around, on the same topic.Though i never found a complete guide for a newbie to get through.So here we go
Requirements
–>You should have an static ip-address.If you’re getting your ip from a router/server via DHCP make sure it’s configured to provide a fixed dhcp-lease.
–>You need to have samba installed.
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Posted by kranny on May 31st, 2009,This post is viewed 3,766 times
- Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope has the new version of X.org server(1.6).So it doesnt support the older ATI graphics card.If you like to have 3D support (compiz/games) ,sorry folks,the open source graphics drivers for ATI do not have 3D support
- Nvidia drivers version 173 and 177 are broken.Though nvidia people are with their newer versions (180,185),they only work with the newer gpu’s
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Posted by kranny on May 31st, 2009,This post is viewed 11,653 times
To install Nvidia drivers automatically from the ubuntu hardware drivers section visit part 1 of this post.Its always a dissapointment for the linux users because there are no stable drivers provided by the nvidia people nor they disclose the code to ubuntu developers.But offlate we had three major updates of nvidia binary which is quite satisfactory
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