Geforce Go 7300/7400 Blacklisted, Can I Still Run Unity?
We blacklisted Geforce Go 7300/7400 because of some freezes at startup with the "nvidia-current" driver.
It seems that unity 3D can run with the "nvidia 173" driver with those card. However, you will get some slowness, you are warned!
So, to workaround the detection at startup, you can:
sudo nano /etc/environment- add:
UNITY_FORCE_START=1 - Save the file with Ctrl+X
- reboot
Ensure you are choosing the "ubuntu" session in gdm (default). This will bypass the detection and try to start unity 3D.
Just for reference, here's the bug report about this issue.
Another option you've got is to use the experimental 3D support with the open source nouveau driver. It's probably slower than the proprietary nvidia driver, but it's been working great for me.
In order to install it, just open the application dash with the Super+A key combination, start typing 'jockey' without the quotes and select the Additional Drivers result. This will start the jockey-gtk application, where you can select to install the nouveau driver with experimental 3D support.
You'll still need to force unity to run by adding UNITY_FORCE_START=1 to /etc/environment, as explained in the other answer
You can actually try unity-2D:
- How do I install and switch to the Unity 2D desktop?