Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian GNU/ Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. As it is very innovative and latest application there is very less familiarity around about its supported drivers. So below mentioned information will try to cover up one important aspect in computer system that is display drivers of nVidia 256.35.
nVidia is most reliable name in providing top-notch display cards and very latest invention is nVidia 256.35. This card has numerous innovative features and some of them are as follows:
- If Performance Level clock frequencies reported incorrectly in nvidia-settings it fixed a regression in 256.29.
- Fixed a 3D Vision Stereo bug that caused the stereo glasses to not toggle when the flat panel was not running at its native mode timings.
- Fixed a bug that caused nvidia-settings to crash when rendering its thermal gauge widget if the range of valid values for the thermal sensor was empty.
- Fixed a bug which prevented use of high performance PowerMizer levels on systems with certain ACPI configurations.
- Fixed a bug that caused non-primary Fermi GPUs to fail to initialize framebuffer memory. This caused a variety of symptoms, up to and including system hangs.
- Improved Thermal Settings reporting in nvidia-settings to accurately reflect hardware configurations with multiple thermal sensors.
And, lots of more features which you can find by clicking on this url: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-256.35-driver.html
Addition of PPA Repository:
For Ubuntu Lucid and Maverick:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
For Ubuntu Karmic, Jaunty, Intrepid and Hardy
sudo sh -c “echo ‘deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu UBUNTU_VERSION main’ >> /etc/apt/sources.list”
sudo sh -c “echo ‘deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu UBUNTU_VERSION main’ >> /etc/apt/sources.list”
Installation of drivers
For Ubuntu Lucid and Maverick
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-current-modaliases nvidia-settings
Please click on System > Administration > Hardware Drivers and make sure “Nvidia current” is activated.
For Ubuntu Karmic, Jaunty, Intrepid and Hardy
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-256 nvidia-256-modaliases nvidia-settings
Please click on System > Administration > Hardware Drivers and make sure Nvidia 256.35 graphics drivers are activated and reboot your system.
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