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[Sean Boran <sean@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is this also a Problem with the "Week 4" driver we've been asked to test?

Does it mean that apart from testing we should not use it because we could
damage our cards?

Sean



On 7 March 2010 01:38, Scott Ritchie <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Why not just push out a reverted version for now?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott Ritchie
>
> Alberto Milone wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > According to Nvidia, drivers 195.36.08 (i.e. the current driver in the
> > archive) and 195.36.03 might be affected by the same GPU fan speed
> > issues which affect the Windows driver:
> > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/announcement.php?a=39
> >
> > I have been using these drivers for while now without experiencing
> > that problem but, if you want to be on the safe side, I suggest that
> > you temporarily switch to the open driver until we're sure that the
> > problem is fixed. In order to do so you can follow either point 1 (the
> > easy way) or point 2:
> >
> > 1) Disable the driver with Jockey (the restricted drivers manager) and
> > restart your computer.
> >
> > OR
> >
> > 2) Open the terminal and type the following commands:
> > sudo update-alternatives --config gl_conf (and select the alternative
> > provided by mesa)
> > sudo ldconfig
> > sudo update-initramfs -u
> > sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_old
> >
> > and restart your computer.
> >
> >
> > Sorry for the inconvenience, I'll keep you posted on the issue.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
>
>
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