NVIDIA releases new version of Linux driver    Friday, March 11 2005 @ 05:00 PM EST Contributed by: glosser Version 1.0-7167 of NVIDIA's graphics driver for Linux was released Today! Linux Display Driver - IA32 Version: 1.0-7167 Operating System: Linux IA32 Release Date: March 11, 2005 Release Highlights * Support for GeForce 6200 with TurboCache™ GPUs * Improved OpenGL workstation performance. * Added support for XRandR rotation; see Appendix W in the text README. * Added ExactModeTimingsDVI X config option to give explicit control over the mode timings used on Flat Panels. * Added Xorg dlloader support. * Changed driver behavior such that PAT (Page Attribute Table) is used where possible instead of MTRRs. * Added a workaround for an X server bug with PCI-E GeForce 6800 and GeForce 6600; a fix has been provided to XFree86 and XOrg. * Fixed stability problems on x86_64 PCI-E systems. * Fixed 2D rendering corruption on certain older GPUs. * Improved compatibility with Linux 2.6 kernels. * Fixed compatibility problems with some SWIOTLB em64t systems. * Fixed a bug that triggered error messages of the form: "ioctl32(doom.x86:6747): Unknown cmd fd(16) cmd(c0384642){00} arg(ffffc75c) on /dev/nvidiactl" * Fixed NvAGP incompatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels. * Improved interaction with the udev filesystem. * Improved performance of PCI cards on Linux 2.6 systems. * Updated documentation. Please see the text README file. Click here for more details   [ Views: 1715 ]

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