[ltp] Proper driver for T61 with nVidia graphic card...

Micha linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:52:38 +0300


On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:01:50 +0200
Petar Milin <pmilin@ff.ns.ac.yu> wrote:

> Hello!
> I own T61 with nVidia card, and Ubunty Hardy on it. Firstly, I followed
> instructions and installed nVidia driver via Ubuntu's System >
> Administration > Hardware Drivers, which selected nvidia-glx-new from
> the repository. Later, I saw on the Lenovo site nVidia driver for T61
> and R61:
> =EF=BB=BFhttp://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=
=3Dlenovo&lndocid=3DMIGR-69135
> Although it is for SuSE, I managed to install it following the
> instructions.
> However, since I am not an expert, I wonder which one of the two above
> (from repositories or from Lenovo site) is better to have installed.
> Could anyone comment and give advice?
>=20
> Sincerely,
> PM
>=20

I use the version from the debian repository and it's working great. It's
basically the version from the nvidia site.

You also need to set xorg to use it.