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linux-restricted-modules package

Please update nvidia drivers to newest

Bug #245808 reported by John Vivirito
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Hardy Backports
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned
envyng-core (Baltix)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
envyng-core (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned
linux-restricted-modules (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Alberto Milone
linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Wishlist
Alberto Milone

Bug Description

can we please get nvidia drivers updated to latest release. I was looking at changes for 173.14.09 and it is as follows

Release Highlights

    * Fixed aliased font rendering corruption on X.Org server 1.5.
    * Fixed a display corruption problem driving two dual-link DFPs with Quadro FX 1700 GPUs.
    * Fixed a regression that prevented the X driver from starting on some GeForce FX, 6 and 7 mobile GPUs.
    * Fixed a locale-interaction issue in the nvidia-settings X server configuration file parser.
    * Added preliminary support for Linux 2.6.26.

It seems like ive seen these bugs before in LP but i cant be for sure.
Im not sure if this fits backporting for hardy but since its LTS as long as nothing major needs to be backported it seems like a good idea. Im writing this because of a conversation i had with someone in #ubuntu about these drivers.

Revision history for this message
John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

I dont think this fits an SRU for Hardy but if so maybe thats better than backporting it

Changed in hardy-backports:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in envyng-core:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in linux-restricted-modules:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Using envy-ng is the way to do this. Marking invalid for hardy-backports.

Changed in hardy-backports:
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

I'm currently focussing efforts on Intrepid's kernel (for which I had to write some patches). I'm planning to upload the new drivers soon.

As regards Hardy, I haven't uploaded driver 173.14.09 yet because it breaks the compatibility with realtime kernels. I'll write a patch for this too and upload the -envy flavour of the driver to -proposed, as Scott suggests.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules:
assignee: nobody → albertomilone
status: New → In Progress
Changed in linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24:
assignee: nobody → albertomilone
status: New → In Progress
Changed in envyng-core:
status: New → Invalid
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

Marked invalid for envyng-core since the problem affects only the driver (i.e. lrm-envy)

Ben Collins (ben-collins)
Changed in linux-restricted-modules:
status: In Progress → Invalid
Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24 (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Won't Fix
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