New To Bodhi, Question About Nvidia Drivers
by michael diemer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#58925)
I have an old Gateway desktop with the 6150se chipset. I had a video card but it died, as did my upgraded power supply unit. So I'm currently back to on-board graphics and a 300W psu. This requires the Nvidia 304 driver or it will crash constantly. So, I'm using Ubuntu 16, Linux Lite 3.8 and now Bodhi 4.5. All are Ubuntu 16-based, as Nvidia stopped supporting this driver later than kernel 4.4. You can't install the 304 driver on systems beyond Ubuntu 16.They just won't install.
So, I'm good with Lite and Bodhi until April, when they won't be supported any longer. Canonical offers support on Ubuntu 16 beyond that, all the way to 2024, and the 4.4 kernel is supported that long also. I'm reluctant to get a new video card as it will probably also mean a new psu, and the computer is 12 years old. Besides, with the Nvidia driver it works great.
Edit: I also need to avoid kernel updates that won't allow installation of the 304 driver. With this in mind, I'm holding off on updating Bodhi. So any info re: how to do that would be appreciated also.
So, I'm planning to install the 4.4 kernel on Bodhi 5 and Linux Lite 4 when April rolls around. I can't think of another way to use this computer with these systems. The open source drivers just won't work on it. Does this make sense? Is there another way?
By the way, Bodhi is awesome, I'm very impressed. It is extremely fast even on an old hard drive. It's also nice looking and very well organized. Great operating system.
So, I'm good with Lite and Bodhi until April, when they won't be supported any longer. Canonical offers support on Ubuntu 16 beyond that, all the way to 2024, and the 4.4 kernel is supported that long also. I'm reluctant to get a new video card as it will probably also mean a new psu, and the computer is 12 years old. Besides, with the Nvidia driver it works great.
Edit: I also need to avoid kernel updates that won't allow installation of the 304 driver. With this in mind, I'm holding off on updating Bodhi. So any info re: how to do that would be appreciated also.
So, I'm planning to install the 4.4 kernel on Bodhi 5 and Linux Lite 4 when April rolls around. I can't think of another way to use this computer with these systems. The open source drivers just won't work on it. Does this make sense? Is there another way?
By the way, Bodhi is awesome, I'm very impressed. It is extremely fast even on an old hard drive. It's also nice looking and very well organized. Great operating system.