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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Like Alberto said, if you want to be on the safe side you could postpone
testing.


On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 10:06:40AM +0100, Sean Boran wrote:
> 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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