diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2013-January/021890.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2013-January/021890.html | 143 |
1 files changed, 143 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2013-January/021890.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2013-January/021890.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..db81ac895 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2013-January/021890.html @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] What's the point of the latest nvidia update? + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20What%27s%20the%20point%20of%20the%20latest%20nvidia%20update%3F&In-Reply-To=%3C50FC6698.1020701%40mageia.org%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="021887.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="021892.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] What's the point of the latest nvidia update?</H1> + <B>Thomas Backlund</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20What%27s%20the%20point%20of%20the%20latest%20nvidia%20update%3F&In-Reply-To=%3C50FC6698.1020701%40mageia.org%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] What's the point of the latest nvidia update?">tmb at mageia.org + </A><BR> + <I>Sun Jan 20 22:50:16 CET 2013</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="021887.html">[Mageia-dev] What's the point of the latest nvidia update? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="021892.html">[Mageia-dev] What's the point of the latest nvidia update? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#21890">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#21890">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#21890">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#21890">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Robert Wood skrev 20.1.2013 23:16: +><i> So you're saying that because v295 has been out a while you feel it's +</I>><i> stable so you're happy to have that in the official repositories? I can +</I>><i> kind of understand that, although in the case of nvidia you'd think they +</I>><i> had already done the bug fixing. +</I>><i> +</I> +If that ever would be true... +many times when they add support for new hardware, old support gets +either broken or dropped... + +for example going past 304.x to 310.x or higher drops hardware support +for older hw. + + +><i> Anyway, in the case of the latest nvidia version it certainly does have +</I>><i> new features, because it supports newer cards. In this case, it's not a +</I>><i> big thing because it's relatively easy for me to install, but I would +</I>><i> think that for new users who have modern software you'd really want them +</I>><i> to have access to it. After all M2 is the latest stable release. +</I>><i> +</I> +But yes, this is a thing we need to improve... without breaking +anything in the process... + +The best way for now to get newer drivers is to rebuild the srpm in +cauldron and install that. + +-- +Thomas + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="021887.html">[Mageia-dev] What's the point of the latest nvidia update? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="021892.html">[Mageia-dev] What's the point of the latest nvidia update? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#21890">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#21890">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#21890">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#21890">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |