Public bug reported:

Hi

I am deeply worried that Ubuntu 12.04 is going to be released with the
latest stable Nvidia driver.

At present there are far to many issues with that diver (that is fixed
by using the previous one - 290.10)

For example

1 . Game not able to run *UNLESS* you run with gdb:-

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=174245

2. Default 295.20 crash on fork call  :-

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=174244

3. Cinnamon segfaults with 295.20 :-

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=175501

4. [Regression] 295.17 / 295.20 segfault when searching in gnome3

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=174049&page=3

These are manjor issue that are going to cause Ubuntu to get a flood of
queries wondering why Ubuntu 12.04 is so unstable (when it won't be -
the driver is...)

Nvidia have acknowledged the issue with the driver

"NVIDIA internally filed bug 943126 to track this issue."

So a new version will be out shortly

I would suggest reverting to 290.10 and  moving to the new one when it
comes out or its going to be a complete mess on release day.

** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Arch Linux)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Fedora)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (openSUSE)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Arch Linux)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (openSUSE)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Fedora)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Nvidia driver 295.20 - far to many issues to ship in stable release.
  Games / cinnamon / gnome3 segfaults - use the previous driver!

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