116400 – New NVIDIA driver 1.0-8178

Bug 116400 - New NVIDIA driver 1.0-8178

Summary: New NVIDIA driver 1.0-8178

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	X11 External Driver Maintainers

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Reported:	2005-12-22 10:59 UTC by M. Ignacio Monge García
Modified:	2005-12-23 07:36 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description M. Ignacio Monge García 2005-12-22 10:59:47 UTC

Linux Display Driver - IA32

Version: 1.0-8178
Operating System: Linux IA32
Release Date: December 22, 2005

Release Highlights

    * Fixed a problem where certain precompiled kernel interfaces were not recognized.
    * Improved stability with the Composite X extension.
    * Fixed a corruption bug with RenderAccel and the Composite X extension when using wide desktops.
    * Fixed a problem validating HDTV modes on GeForce 6200.
    * Fixed detection of certain older TV encoders.
    * Fixed installation problems with Linux kernel source trees using separate KBUILD output directories.
    * Fixed installation problems on newer Debian systems.
    * Added support for NVIDIA SLI. Please see the README for details.
    * Added a new utility 'nvidia-xconfig', which is a commandline tool for updating X configuration files.

Comment 1 Lee Trager 2005-12-22 21:51:46 UTC

This was also released for x86_64, not just x86.

Comment 2 Waldo 2005-12-23 02:14:58 UTC

amd64 link here:  http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_1.0-8178.html

notice this adds a new command-line utility called nvidia-xconfig.

Looking forward to trying this one out.

W

Comment 3 Kris Kersey (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-12-23 07:36:58 UTC

Checked into CVS.