Among the new features/bug fixes are:
- Support for GeForce 8800 GT.
- Fixed a problem with Compiz after VT-switching.
- Improved RENDER performance.
You can download the driver here.
Full Version: Nvidia Linux Display Driver 169.04 (Beta)
What's that for a letdown! After installing the new driver here, performance with glxgears dropped by about 12.5%. Okay, I know glxgears is not for benchmarking, but on the same hardware?!? Any different experiences?
Hey, it's beta.
Are you sure there isn't some module running in debug mode? That alone would be more than enough to justify the performance loss.
Are you sure there isn't some module running in debug mode? That alone would be more than enough to justify the performance loss.
Any idea which problem after vt-switching was fixed? I'm unable to log in as other users while a user session is running, and the research I've done about the problem has pointed to this being something very difficult to fix... basically there is no windows manager available if I try to log in as another user... Has this driver fixed that? Also, I know very little about Nvidia Drivers to begin with, except that under 2008.0 I don't seem to need them, or they are built into the kernel. Can I still use them if it will fix this problem. I'm a bit confused. Thanks
QUOTE (scarecrow @ Dec 8 2007, 06:22 AM) 
Hey, it's beta.
Are you sure there isn't some module running in debug mode?
Are you sure there isn't some module running in debug mode?
No module being in debug mode. ide-generic shows up as permanent, but this may be due to the local kernel. However, nothing changed here before and after new driver installation in this regard. But I noticed an amd64_agp module, which maybe wasn't included within the old 100.14.23 driver.
Okay, let's blame it on the beta status. ;-)
QUOTE (Mitchell @ Dec 9 2007, 03:32 AM)
Any idea which problem after vt-switching was fixed?
If you don't know what this is about, then you won't probably need this feature. ;-)
Okay, seriously again: You can switch between different 'primary' shell terminals using control key combinations. These terminals normally run in framebuffer mode, whereas the graphical desktop (X-Windows) runs in a different mode. Especially when using compiz (3D-rendering/acceleration enabled) there was a problem when switching back and forth between those mentioned 'primary' terminals (aka virtual terminals -> vt) and X-Windows mode. I've experienced this problem both with ATI and with NVIDIA. New driver generations seem to have fixed this.
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I'm unable to log in as other users while a user session is running, and the research I've done about the problem has pointed to this being something very difficult to fix... basically there is no windows manager available if I try to log in as another user... Has this driver fixed that?
This is most probably no gfx driver problem.
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Also, I know very little about Nvidia Drivers to begin with, except that under 2008.0 I don't seem to need them, or they are built into the kernel. Can I still use them if it will fix this problem. I'm a bit confused. Thanks
They're not built into the kernel. You still need them, but they may be loaded by urpmi/rpmdrake in the background 'automagically' for your hardware setup (-> harddrake service!).
Thanks Scoonma, will leave it at that. I suppose it I don't know much about them, and don't seem to need to, no reason to start now...lol. Thanks.
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