Thanks Colin! Works for me: (Note: I've not tried with Unity as it's not supported with this card/driver)
$ sudo lshw -C display *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: NV25GL [Quadro4 900 XGL] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a3 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nvidia latency=248 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5 resources: irq:16 memory:fd000000-fdffffff memory:d0000000-d7ffffff memory:dc780000-dc7fffff memory:fe9e0000-fe9fffff $ jockey-text -l kmod:martian_dev - Agere 164x dsp driver (Free, Enabled, In use) xorg:nvidia_96 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use) $ apt-cache policy nvidia-96 nvidia-96: Installed: 96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-proposed/restricted i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 96.43.20-0ubuntu6 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/restricted i386 Packages $ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: Quadro4 900 XGL/AGP/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 1.5.8 NVIDIA 96.43.23 Not software rendered: yes Not blacklisted: yes GLX fbconfig: yes GLX texture from pixmap: yes GL npot or rect textures: yes GL vertex program: yes GL fragment program: no GL vertex buffer object: yes GL framebuffer object: no GL version is 1.4+: yes Unity 3D supported: no $ glxgears Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate. 10114 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2021.769 FPS 10893 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2178.501 FPS 10874 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2174.723 FPS 10618 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2112.233 FPS Previous driver installed was the direct NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.23-pkg1.run, so I've been able to easily compare performance. 96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1 went in without any problems at all. Thanks again! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-drivers-ubuntu/+bug/948053/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs