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[Tim Cuthbertson <ratcheer@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Tim Cuthbertson <ratcheer@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Xorg-prop-drivers-testers] Week 3 test results
To: "Casey J. Peter" <caseyjp1@xxxxxxxxx>


On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Casey J. Peter <caseyjp1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just an fyi as well...the new nvidia 195.36.08 drivers hit the
> repositories today...and on my gtx260 rig (while weekly testing is
> already done), this update worked with no issues other than what was
> already posted in the reports area.
>
> Casey
>
> On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 13:44 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote:
>> Thanks everyone who is diligently testing each week.
>>
>> I'm reviewing results here:
>>   http://qa.ubuntu.com/reports/xorg_prop_drivers/
>>
>> Things look pretty good compared with the prior two weeks.  The
>> 'Different Resolutions' test saw a new issue, with the config tool not
>> showing up in the menu quite as expected; this may not be a regression
>> but rather an issue that was only just noticed.  In any case, a fix was
>> made to one part of the issue in gnome-menu, and the remainder of the
>> fix is identified for nvidia-graphics-drivers and should be
>> straightforward.
>>
>> Thank you to everyone doing testing on -nvidia, keep up the good work.
>>
>> Bryce
>>
>> P.s., On the ATI front, we still do not yet have a new -fglrx so stay
>> tuned.
>>
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There are reports that the 195.36.03, 195.36.08. and 196.75 drivers
are causing video cards to burn up, especially when doing 3D games. I
also heard that nVidia has pulled these drivers from their web site.
I'm not sure what, if anything, this means to us.

Tim