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Lucid Lynx Ubuntu nvidia (driver free) 3D


already seen how to activate the 3D

Lucid Lynx Ubuntu nvidia (proprietary driver) , this article will focus on the activation of the 3D nvidia Lucid Lynx on Ubuntu using the free driver:

nouveau. The advantage of this driver is that being free we are not tied to the decisions of a company and its features best meet the needs of users. For testing 10.04 Lucid Lynx will use Ubuntu 64bit and nVidia GeForce 8600 GT. It is recommended that any graphics driver desinstaleis before installing another. Note: 3D support by the nouveau nvidia free driver is in development and is considered quite unstable. Apply explained in this article could destabilize your system, make a backup before you start.



For this article I will rely on the

Compiz + Nouveau in Lucid Lynx Beta2
• with some modifications (I recommend that you read before continuing)

add repositories and install packages

Open application System - Administration - Software Sources and in the tab

• Another add software repositories Edgers Xorg, which are lucid http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ubuntu
main deb-src deb

lucid http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ubuntu main

closed the application and reload the repositories to update the database. Now install the necessary software with the command:

sudo aptitude update & & sudo aptitude dist-upgrade & & sudo aptitude install linux-image-6.2.1934-2-generic linux-headers-02.06.1934 -2-generic ia32-libs-mesa-dri-gallium


After this reboot the system so that new drivers are loaded nouveau: sudo reboot
Check
results
The fastest way verify that the drivers are installed and in use is using the command: glxinfo Gnome Lucid Shell with nouveau

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Nouveau

• Compiz

nouveau Enable 3D acceleration in the final version of Ubuntu Lucid Lynx ('s Blog CrashBit)


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