On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 09:09 +0000, Chris Halse Rogers wrote: > Here are 3 possible workarounds: > 1) Install the xserver-xgl package (sudo aptitude install xserver-xgl, will > expose bugs in Wine) > 2) Install the nvidia-glx drivers, rather than the nvidia-glx-new drivers > (sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx, may have to remove the > /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed file) > 3) Don't use compiz. (System->Preferences->Appearance->Visual Effects->None) > confirming that nvidia-glx seems to work on my dell d820 with geforce go 7400. For some reason I thought that nvidia-glx-new was required, not just recommended. Anyone know whether this works for all cards? This bug affects enough people that this information should probably go on a wiki somewhere, which I'm happy to do, but don't want to provide any false information.
Are there other disadvantages to installing xgl? I remember that when i tried it earlier it seemed somewhat daunting. > Annoying as this bug is, it appears to be a bug in the *restricted* > nVidia drivers. That means that we have *absolutely* no way of fixing > it. This is why the Restricted Drivers manager has a big block of text > saying essentially "we can't help you with these, you're on your own". > If you have to be annoyed at someone, be annoyed at nVidia. > absolutely. and not for their response to this bug, which has been ok, but for maintaining the stupid closed-source policy -- not the fault of their devs either! matt > nVidia has been alerted to this bug. > «http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1420886#post1420886». > There's pretty much nothing more we can do. > -- Matt Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Memory leak in nvidia-glx-new's GL_EXT_texture_from_pixmap https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151168 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
