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Nvidia Unix Display Driver 1.0-9625 Beta
Lecina Enigma
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Join date: 16 Nov 2005
Posts: 32
10-05-2006 22:48
Release Highlights (Linux)

* Added initial support for GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap.
* Added new "Display Configuration" page in nvidia-settings.
* Improved workstation OpenGL performance in Xinerama.
* Added support for NVIDIA Quadro Plex.
* Added support for Quad SLI.
* Improved X driver error recovery.
* Improved workstation overlay performance.
* Added SMBus functionality to the Linux/i2c interface.
* Fixed DFP scaling support.
* Added support for OpenGL 2.1.
* Added new "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" X configuration option to control the order of display devices when in TwinView.


Some Guys reported some Font glitches, but all in all a nice release :)


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Drivers are on the bottom of this Page !!
penguin Link
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Join date: 6 Oct 2006
Posts: 1
10-06-2006 07:27
All in all I like the new driver, found no problems (FC5). But in troubleshooting an unrelated issue I tried downgrading the driver to the latest stable version and had font issues. Fonts fail to show up until I mouse over them (this effects all applications fonts).
Jolt Tank
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Join date: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 52
Problems with the new Nvidia Beta under Secondlife
10-09-2006 06:44
Secondlife no longer seems to detect my Nvidia card for what it is and sets it to Class 0 for running secondlife (which sucks) and it seems as slow as hell under the new beta driver...

2006-10-09T13:33:21Z INFO: GPU is NVIDIA Generic
2006-10-09T13:33:21Z INFO: Setting GPU Class to Class0
2006-10-09T13:33:21Z INFO: Applying Feature Mask: Class0
2006-10-09T13:33:21Z WARNING: Unknown feature mask NVIDIA
2006-10-09T13:33:21Z INFO: Warning! Couldn't allocate AGP memory!
2006-10-09T13:33:21Z INFO: Disabling AGP!

Even though im using a 256meg GeForce 6200 (GPU 0) with AGP.. Know that AGP doesnt work but this driver has made SL even worse...

Sony CPD-G220R (CRT-0)
The nvidia control panel seems to reconize the card as the 6200 but GLXINFO does not..

server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.4
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: unknown board/AGP/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1.0 NVIDIA 96.25
Hello Toonie
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Join date: 25 Jul 2005
Posts: 212
10-10-2006 00:45
From: Jolt Tank
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: unknown board/AGP/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1.0 NVIDIA 96.25

Dunno how SL is supposed to magically know what your card is if GLX doesn't!
Jolt Tank
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Join date: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 52
GLX driver
10-10-2006 09:51
It knew it *before* the beta driver....
Hello Toonie
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Join date: 25 Jul 2005
Posts: 212
10-11-2006 00:06
SL knew what your graphics card was but GLX didn't?
Jolt Tank
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Join date: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 52
10-11-2006 05:25
No GLX used to know what my video card was exactly and SL did as well..

Unfortunatel cut and paste isnt supported of images

Ill gladly show you what the Nvidia driver says is installed using the nvidia control panel
and GLXGears works...

What am i missing here?

-John
Theora Aquitaine
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Join date: 12 Feb 2006
Posts: 266
10-11-2006 08:01
From: Jolt Tank

What am i missing here?


At a guess....

The old driver? ; D
Jolt Tank
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Join date: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 52
Issue with GLX detecting is a known issue with Nvidia Beta driver
10-11-2006 08:16
Your all WRONG

Emailed this to [email]linux-bugs@nvidia.com[/email]
Got a response

John,
Thanks for your email. This is a known bug in 1.0-9625, and will be
resolved in the next driver release.

Thanks,
Lonni J Friedman
NVIDIA Corporation


On 10/11/2006 06:43 AM John Palaima wrote:
> Had problems loading in the vbulletin login form so figured id ask since the Ubuntu crowd is almost useless
> I have a Nvidia Geforce 6200....Running under Ubuntu Dapper
>
> Graphics Processor: GeForce 6200
> VBIOS Version: 05.44.a2.06.00
> Memory: 256 MB
>
> Using the beta driver 1.0.9625
> It appears correctly under the nvidia control panel app, but GLXinfo reports it like this
> Dunno if i installed something wrong but I actually have an application (Secondlife), which doesnt like the Unknown detect for the video chipset (since it uses it to set the feature mask)
>
> OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
> OpenGL renderer string: unknown board/AGP/SSE2
> OpenGL version string: 2.1.0 NVIDIA 96.25
>
> Heres what SL sees
> 2006-10-11T12:40:58Z INFO: GPU is NVIDIA Generic
> 2006-10-11T12:40:58Z INFO: Setting GPU Class to Class0
> 2006-10-11T12:40:58Z INFO: Applying Feature Mask: Class0
> 2006-10-11T12:40:58Z WARNING: Unknown feature mask NVIDIA
> (Setting Class 0 disables most of the card) (The last release Nvidia driver didnt have this problem)
>
> GLXgears seems to work fine
Theora Aquitaine
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Join date: 12 Feb 2006
Posts: 266
10-11-2006 08:41
I thought that was what everyone was saying (i.e. it was a problem with the driver rather than SL) but I'm glad you sorted it out.
Jolt Tank
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Join date: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 52
10-11-2006 10:38
They were saying it was a problem with my install at least so I thought
.. Glad i got to the crux of the matter