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For NVIDIA users - release highlights for 173.14.09:
Fixed aliased font rendering corruption on X.Org server 1.5.
Fixed a display corruption problem driving two dual-link DFPs with Quadro FX
1700 GPUs.
Fixed a regression that prevented the X driver from starting on some GeForce
FX, 6 and 7 mobile GPUs.
Fixed a locale-interaction issue in the nvidia-settings X server configuration
file parser.
Added preliminary support for Linux 2.6.26.
For ATI users - release highlights for 8.6:
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: Playing the demo on a system running X no longer
results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic
number 737-35208
Maya 2008: An incorrect colormap is no longer displayed for texture selector on
systems running X. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35207
Quake 3 Arena (demo): Segmentation faults no longer occur when attempting to
play the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35206
Quake3: Corruption is no longer noticed when changing the display resolution
when the game is running. Further details can be found in topic number
737-35209
SECAM, NTSC or PAL signal changes when using aticonfig or Catalyst Control
Center and now gets applied to the TV display output. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-34297
Running X server without a window manager no longer results in the X server
flashing green for a moment, going black, and the computer becoming
unresponsive. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34299
Corruption is no longer noticed when connecting a DFP display device to a
system running X after setting the TV mode to 1080i. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-34301
Clock Gating is now supported and enable under the Linux operating system.
Further details can be found in topic number 737-35191
The desktop background color is no longer displayed incorrectly when using
xcommgr. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35192
Using the wrong delimiter in aticonfig --set-dispattrib=<disp>,<attr>, <value>
no longer results in a segmentation fault. Further details can be found in
topic number 737-35194
Audio out is now functioning after the installation of the ATI graphics drivers
for Ubuntu 7.10. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35196
Bandwidth corruption is no longer noticed when setting the desktop resolution
to 2048x1536 on systems containing an ATI Radeon HD 3200 series of product.
Further details can be found in topic number 737-33499
Playing a video clip using mplayer with the Xv extension enabled no longer
results in an error indicating that Xv could not find a free Xv port. Further
details can be found in topic number 737-35198
Corruption is no longer noticed when enabling Big Desktop on systems containing
an ATI FireGL X1 series of product and running X. Further details can be found
in topic number 737-35199
Running the X server generations test no longer results in the operating system
failing to respond or a Kernel panic to occur after first server generation on
SuSE 10.3 64 bit. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35200
Attempting to resize a 2D application window no longer results in poor
performance being noticed when composing is enabled. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-35201
Screen flicker is no longer noticed after running amdcccle in X. Further
details can be found in topic number 737-35202
Corruption is no longer noticed when connecting a DFP display device to a
system running X after setting the TV mode to 1080i. Further details can be
found in topic number 737-35203
Glxgears corruption is no longer noticed in big desktop mode. Further details
can be found in topic number 737-35204
Starting glxgears and/or fgl_glxgears no longer results in the gears failing to
render on SuSE 10.2 x86_64. Further details can be found in topic number
737-35205
FGL_GLXGEARS or GLXGEARS: X no longer fails to respond when launching either of
the applications. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35210
** Affects: linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Status: In Progress
** Changed in: linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
Assignee: (unassigned) => Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Status: New => In Progress
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Update the FGLRX and NVIDIA driver to 8.6 and 173.14.09
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246301
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