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Ubuntu Nvidia driver causes words in Wine menus to dissapear

Asked by earlak

Ubuntu installed a Nvidia graphics driver for me and finally got me out of that cruddy 800x600 resolution but caused all of the lettering on Wine and its programs to disappear. If I deactivate the driver it works just fine. Any suggestions on how to fix or get around this problem? Oh and the graphics card is a Nvidia GeForce 4 MX.

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nhasian (nhasian) said : 		#1

well there's 3 options for nvidia drivers:

1) use the open source drivers in the repository
2) use the restricted drivers in the repository
3) download and install the latest drivers from nvidia's website

detailed instructions on installing the latest nvidia driver manually are here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5086971&postcount=6

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earlak (com-tech12) said : 		#2

Ok I opended the source drivers in the repository but they wouldn't work, The restricted driver is the one I was using and was causing the problem. I tried to get a driver from Nvidia but the automatic installer won't run it just gives me an error. I also tried the same thing with an Hp driver and the same error popped up.

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Best Alexandros (alexandros-t) said : 		#3

Try this:
1) Make a file in your home directory called settings.txt which will include the following:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver]
"ClientSideWithRender"="N"

2)Open a terminal and type:
regedit settings.txt

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earlak (com-tech12) said : 		#4

Thanks Alexandros, that solved my question.

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Alexandros (alexandros-t) said : 		#5

Since there is a bug with the nvidia driver, this is the only current workaround.