[Bug 395371] New: Upgrade to new NVIDIA 173.14.05 driver.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=395371 Summary: Upgrade to new NVIDIA 173.14.05 driver. Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: X11 3rd Party Driver AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: rafpolak@gmail.com QAContact: sndirsch@novell.com Found By: --- Could you update current 169.12 NVIDIA driver to the latest 173.14.05 NVIDIA driver, please?; the main reason is support for many GeForce 9XXX cards (plus bugfixes of course): Excerpt from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.05.html Release Highlights * Added support for the following new GPUs: o Quadro FX 3600M o GeForce 9800 GX2 o GeForce 9800 GTX o GeForce 9600 GT o GeForce 9600 GSO o GeForce 9600 GS o GeForce 9500M GS o GeForce 8400 o GeForce 8400 GS * Added support for Quadro FX 5600/4600 SDI and Quadro G-Sync II. * Resolved a bug causing left and right eyes to be reversed in stereo mode on some Quadro FX GPUs. * Fixed a problem that caused OpenGL to stop rendering to windows with origins at or beyond 4096 pixels (horizontally) on GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs. * Fixed a bug causing some Quadro FX 4500 SDI configurations to take a long time to achieve synchronization. * Added preliminary support for X.Org server 1.5. * Addressed a problem causing visual corruption when using GeForce 8 GPUs to drive Chi Mei 56" displays. * Addressed visual corruption when driving Cintiq 20WSX wide format tables with some GeForce 6 and 7 GPUs. * Fixed OpenGL rendering corruption with textures compressed using the DXT5 compression algorithm. * Fixed a regression that caused invalid EDIDs to be detected for the internal display device on some notebooks. * Improved hotkey switching and power management support on some GeForce 8 notebooks. * Fixed a regression causing some GeForce 6100/6150 systems to fail to restore the screen after DPMS cycles. * Fixed a bug that prevented the console from being restored correctly in SLI mode on GeForce 6 and 7 GPUs. * Fixed interlaced modes on GeForce 8 GPUs. * Fixed a problem that caused the synchronization signal polarity to always be positive for DVI devices on GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs. * Resolved a problem resulting in X startup to fail on some GeForce 8 and 9 systems without swap space. * Fixed a bug resulting in X crashes when using GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs in SLI to drive X screens at depth 8. * Fixed a problem that caused TV output on secondary TVs to be black and white on some GPUs. * Restored compatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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