Package: nvidia-kernel-source
Severity: normal
Yet another version (180.60) is available here
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_180.60.html
Release Highlights :
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* Fixed stability problems with some GeForce 6200/7200/7300 GPUs on multi-core/SMP systems.
* Fixed VGA console restoration on some laptop GPUs.
* Fixed a bug that caused kernel crashes when attempting to initialize NvAGP on Linux/x86-64 kernels built with the CONFIG_GART_IOMMU kernel option.
* Fixed a bug that caused some performance levels to be disabled on certain GeForce 9 series notebooks.
* Fixed an OpenGL driver crash while running Bibble 5.
I've managed to compile an amd64 version from it
http://adren.org/~cyril/nvidia/180.60/
as well as the nvidia-settings from the same version
Works pretty well so far
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (99, 'experimental'), (9, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.4-grsec (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source depends on:
ii debhelper 7.2.14 helper programs for debian/rules
ii dpatch 2.0.31 patch maintenance system for Debia
ii make 3.81-5 The GNU version of the "make" util
ii sed 4.2-1 The GNU sed stream editor
Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source recommends:
ii devscripts 2.10.50 scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii kernel-package 12.014 A utility for building Linux kerne
ii nvidia-glx 180.60-1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
nvidia-kernel-source suggests no packages.
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