NVIDIA-driver thread

[RYX]

This is the new "official" NVIDIA-driver-related discussion. Whoever wants to talk about the driver (or announce new versions) can (and should) do it here.

Edit: Here is the official list list of all XConfig-options for the NVIDIA-driver (http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9631/README/appendix-d.html) ...

[RYX]

So this is my first announcment here: on 4th December the new 1.0-9631-drivers were released. It's been a while since then, but I think it is worth to note about new versions.

I just finished installing the new driver and it fixed some nasty display-errors. Opening menus now looks way better.

:)

[pichalsi]

Ubuntu isnt slow :) you run beta. I must advice these RYX-announced ;) drivers to everyone, i couldnt run any fullscreen OpenGL apps before and now i can :)

Edit:roflmao what happened i saw your comment before i posted and im above you or am i sleeping already? :)

[mikedee]

Wow - I live in the mystical future :)

I am running 9742

[I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
Available versions: 1.0.8774 1.0.8776 1.0.9625[1] (~)1.0.9631 {M}(~)1.0.9742
Installed: 1.0.9742(17:13:04 10/11/06)(dlloader kernel_linux)
Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/
Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries

According to the nvidia site, they were released on the 8th November. Looks like Ubuntu is slow to update.

[RYX]

Yes, the 97** is the beta-driver, the 96** is the stable one. But Ubuntu is really "slow" in this case - they will not include the new proprietary drivers before next Ubuntu (7.04).

(And I also had that "switched-posts"-problem, seems to be a problem of phpbb - looks like when you hit the "Post reply"-link, the time is saved and if someone is posting before you, your post appears before the other's (though posted later) ... hopefully phpbb3 will change that)

:)

[mikedee]

Well, all I have to say is its good to run a source based distro. The bonus is that I can have half my system bleeding edge but the other half stable. Gentoo works out all of the dependencies and just recompiles what you need.

[RYX]

Yes, Gentoo is really great. Especially the available documentation in the gentoo-wiki is always easily understandable and bleeding-edge. There will be the day when I switch to gentoo, but I am too used to Ubuntu atm.

The main annoyance with Ubuntu is that the current version gets "stepmothered" in favor of the upcoming version. And packages do not receive version-upgrades very often because some maintainers decide that some new features are "not important enough". (But still I love the Ubuntu-philosophy)

[RAOF]

...
The main annoyance with Ubuntu is that the current version gets "stepmothered" in favor of the upcoming version. And packages do not receive version-upgrades very often because some maintainers decide that some new features are "not important enough". (But still I love the Ubuntu-philosophy)

Packages don't generally receive version upgrades at all. It's not much of a release if it keeps changing :).

That said, the nvidia-glx from Feisty works just fine for me, and there are some semi-official driver repositories in the A/V forum.

[watkin5]

Do any of these drivers fix the black window bug (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79713) I get on 9629?

[RAOF]

Do any of these drivers fix the black window bug (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79713) I get on 9629?

I've never experienced that bug, but apparently starting compiz with the --indirect-rendering and --use-cow options is a work around.

[RYX]

I also never encountered the black-windows-bug, but the new driver fixes some issues I had with flickering/repainting when menus are popping up. The "releaese highlights" don't say anything about the black-window-bug, but "highlights" could imply that there were more than those changes (unfortunately they don't seem to release a more detailed changelog).

I read on the nvidia-forums that nvidia is looking for new developers for the Linux-driver, so there is some light at the horizon ... (however - I don't understand why they are not fixing these bugs which are said to be fixed (by some patch) since a year).

:)

[RAOF]

...
I read on the nvidia-forums that nvidia is looking for new developers for the Linux-driver, so there is some light at the horizon ... (however - I don't understand why they are not fixing these bugs which are said to be fixed (by some patch) since a year).

:)

Or, indeed, why the don't release specs (or even better, driver code) so the community could fix it for them?

[RYX]

...
I read on the nvidia-forums that nvidia is looking for new developers for the Linux-driver, so there is some light at the horizon ... (however - I don't understand why they are not fixing these bugs which are said to be fixed (by some patch) since a year).

:)

Or, indeed, why the don't release specs (or even better, driver code) so the community could fix it for them?
You're right. But I guess their answer would be: That's business ...

Looks like for an OSS-driver we all have to wait for the "nouveau"-driver.

[amgeex]

Well, I've been using the 9629 driver without much problems. I will try this new drivers out though, maybe I'll get better performance? :D