[Mageia-dev] What's the point of the latest nvidia update?

Sun Jan 20 17:30:37 CET 2013

Thanks for the reply, but it doesn't really make sense or seem to answer 
+the question. I was wondering why bother with v295 when you could go for 
+a more recent (ie most up to date) release?!
+
+On 19/01/13 14:44, AL13N wrote:
+> Op zaterdag 19 januari 2013 10:51:21 schreef Robert Wood:
+>> I have a modern nvidia graphics card on my desktop that necessittated
+>> having to get the very latest nvidia driver from the nvidia site and
+>> manually install.
+>>
+>> So, when we had a nvidia pakcage update on my laptop, I thought I'd give
+>> the Mageia package another go, but it makes sack-all difference, it
+>> still just sits there doing nothing and says:
+>>
+>> Failed to start Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit
+>>
+>> So I went and looked on my laptop and it looks like it's v 295.49
+>> whereas the very latest version is 304.43. I need this for my modern
+>> graphics card or the desktop refuses to boot. So, why bother with
+>> v295.49 when there's a much more modern one?
+>>
+>> **
+>
+> for mga2, the driver update (meaning no new functionality, just bugfixes is
+> 295)
+>
+> for mga3 (beta1) the latest driver is atm 310...
+>
+> if for mga2 you want a newer driver you should ask for a backport request, ie:
+> to have 310 on mga2 as well.
+>
+> plz file such requests at https://bugs.mageia.org/
+>
+