Comment 162 for bug 948053

hi Nixblicker

easy to answer:

producer-info: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-96.43.23-driver.html

Has NO support for XOrg-Server ABI 1.13 (which is the latest (lts-quantal)).

Read also comment #155 in this bugreport

> What would you experts suggest?

This is not a help Forum - it's for bugreporting. It's focusized on bugreporting and fixing.

Join in the discussion on the Nvidia-support forums.

I'm not an expert... :-) But it's time to make some thoughts about getting newer HW, i.e. The Nvidia 6200 (new or used), which fits in a AGP-slot is supported by the legacy driver 304. There is also a GT610 for the PCI-slot - but is worth to invest money in a energy consuming oldie?

Or stick with 12.04 LTS with 5 Years of support - enjoy the bug- and security fixes – +save some money over the time - take it when the LTS support ends and build yourself a newer system. Carefully selecting the components as the mobo. Which preferably has a multicore CPU to fit in & make a 64-bit version installable... AND a PCI-e slot for the graphics-card. So you could make some use of VDPAU or even CUDA (if needed). If u have some $$$ left, add a SSD ;_)

Every hardware has it's breakpoint (in terms of EOL of producers-support). AND YES it's great to have this supported in 12.04.2 – Thanks to the dev's!

Glad to see that Ubuntu is innovative.