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<H1>[Mageia-dev] What's the point of the latest nvidia update?</H1>
<B>Robert Wood</B>
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<I>Sun Jan 20 17:30:37 CET 2013</I>
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<PRE>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:
><i> Op zaterdag 19 januari 2013 10:51:21 schreef Robert Wood:
</I>>><i> I have a modern nvidia graphics card on my desktop that necessittated
</I>>><i> having to get the very latest nvidia driver from the nvidia site and
</I>>><i> manually install.
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</I>>><i> So, when we had a nvidia pakcage update on my laptop, I thought I'd give
</I>>><i> the Mageia package another go, but it makes sack-all difference, it
</I>>><i> still just sits there doing nothing and says:
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</I>>><i> Failed to start Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit
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</I>>><i> So I went and looked on my laptop and it looks like it's v 295.49
</I>>><i> whereas the very latest version is 304.43. I need this for my modern
</I>>><i> graphics card or the desktop refuses to boot. So, why bother with
</I>>><i> v295.49 when there's a much more modern one?
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</I>>><i> **
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</I>><i> for mga2, the driver update (meaning no new functionality, just bugfixes is
</I>><i> 295)
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</I>><i> for mga3 (beta1) the latest driver is atm 310...
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</I>><i> if for mga2 you want a newer driver you should ask for a backport request, ie:
</I>><i> to have 310 on mga2 as well.
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</I>><i> plz file such requests at <A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/">https://bugs.mageia.org/</A>
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