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Bug 256586 - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-96.43.10 version bump
Summary: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-96.43.10 version bump
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Ricardo Mendoza (RETIRED)
URL: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showt...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
: 256601 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-01-28 05:16 UTC by Reuben Martin
Modified: 2009-03-03 17:11 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Runtime testing required: ---

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Text corruption demo (sharpie_maddness.jpg,25.77 KB, image/jpeg)
2009-01-28 05:18 UTC, Reuben Martin 		Details
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Description Reuben Martin 2009-01-28 05:16:57 UTC 
Please add this driver asap. The 96.43.09 driver was required to get the xorg-1.5 working, and to compile against recent kernels. But it has a really nasty text corruption bug that is totally driving me crazy. (Text looks like it has been scribbled over top of with a sharpie.)

Also has some fixes for KDE 4.2, so you may want to get this out before the 4.2 ebuilds (going up as I write this) get unmasked.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Reuben Martin 2009-01-28 05:18:26 UTC 
Created attachment 179921 [details]
Text corruption demo

Attachment shows the mess created by the text corruption bug.
Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-29 19:28:36 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Created an attachment (id=179921) [edit]
> Text corruption demo
> 
> Attachment shows the mess created by the text corruption bug.

Ah, so that's what I have been seeing. :)
Comment 3 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-01-29 19:37:17 UTC 
*** Bug 256601 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Ken R 2009-02-03 17:55:59 UTC 
The 96.43.09 was released without a backport for the "text corruption" bug, as per NVIDIA's reps on the nvnews forums.

As we know, 96.43.10 not only corrects the text corruption bug (making the use of small fonts Impossible), but also fixes the issues noted in the release highlights at: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=126954

I have taken the 96.43.09 ebuild and copied it to 96.43.10 and installed with no negative issues, and, the text corruption bug is gone. 

If you would like a tester for the nvidia legacy drivers, I can offer my services, as I have a NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4400] and run a recent kernel (2.6.27.14) and conservative configs.

Could 96.43.10 be issued soon?
Comment 5 Ricardo Mendoza (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-02-03 18:54:00 UTC 
96.43.10 is now in the tree.
Comment 6 Christian Schmitt 2009-03-03 17:11:25 UTC 
*** Bug 260487 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***