Bug#668780: pu: package nvidia-graphics-drivers/195.36.31-6squeeze1

Adam D. Barratt adam at adam-barratt.org.uk
Sat Jun 16 14:27:29 UTC 2012


On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 11:00 +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> I'm hesitating with an upload because Nvidia recommends not to use the
> patch for a lot of older GPUs due to regressions:
> 
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=178460
> 
>   *** Please do not use 295.40 or the security patch with GeForce 6, 7
>       or 8800GTX/GTS cards ***
[...]
>   The symptoms can include graphical corruption, performance issues,
>   crashes and temporary hangs.
>   The release should be perfectly safe to use with more recent cards
>   than that; I'll update this thread ASAP.

I see that the package has now appeared in p-u-NEW.  Does this mean that
the above issue was resolved, or that you decided it wasn't an issue
after all?

Regards,

Adam




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