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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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