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   From: Hadron    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Info: NVidia working with vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-386   
   Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:24:58 +0100   
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   Andreas Duffner  writes:   
      
   > Info:   
   > I just wanted to install the NVidia drivers.   
   >   
   > This works:   
   > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-386 root=/dev/hda6 ro vga=0x0307   
   >   
   > These do not work:   
   > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-generic root=/dev/hda6 ro vga=0x0307   
   > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-generic root=/dev/hda6 ro   
   >   
   > Perhaps this will help someone.   
   > Or if someone could tell why that is so ?   
   >   
   > Cu,   
   > Andreas   
      
   What do you think those lines are doing?   
      
   AFAIK they have nothing whatsoever to do with nvidia drivers : they are   
   kernel versions with a vga mode at boot time - before the drivers are   
   installed.   
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