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Tanker Bob
April 30th, 2012, 06:35 PM
nVidia has posted a warning on their Linux forum here (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=178460) about a serious issue with the GeForce 6, 7, and 8800 GTS/GTX cards, K/Ubuntu 12.04, and their latest 295.40 driver. The 295.40 driver is the default installation in Ubuntu 12.04 as I write this.

Until a fix is released, you can run Precise in Ubuntu 2D mode as is, then uninstall the 295.40 driver and install the 295.33 driver which can be downloaded here (ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/295.33/). Be sure to follow the instructions in the readme located in the 295.33 download directory.

I'm successfully running Precise in 3D mode with the 295.33 driver, getting ~8000 fps on my 8800 GTS card. I troubleshot 12.04 for about 7 hours before discovering the nVidia driver issue. nVidia is actively working a fix.

Someone may want to make this post sticky until the fix is released and incorporated into 12.04.

rtalcott
April 30th, 2012, 06:39 PM
I had what I believe was this problem with having to run nVidia in 2d but the latest updates finally allowed me to install nVidia current and all is now well at least for me.
rt

Tanker Bob
May 2nd, 2012, 04:23 PM
nVidia has published an updated beta driver (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=179882) here that addresses these issues. I have not had a chance to test it yet.

Tanker Bob
May 2nd, 2012, 10:13 PM
nVidia's new beta 302.07 driver fixed all the video issues from my upgrade to 12.04. I'm marking this thread as solved.

Pablo Pablovski
May 3rd, 2012, 11:05 PM
Nvidia certified driver 295.49 released. Seems to resolve the issues that we've seen over the last few weeks. But it's not in the repos yet, so it's a manual install for now.

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/linux-display-amd64-295.49-driver-uk.html

VMC
May 4th, 2012, 12:12 AM
Nvidia certified driver 295.49 released. Seems to resolve the issues that we've seen over the last few weeks. But it's not in the repos yet, so it's a manual install for now.

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/linux-display-amd64-295.49-driver-uk.html

I just installed 295.49. I still get the lost of focus for a couple of seconds. Same as 295.20 or 40.

Newkastle
September 13th, 2012, 10:42 PM
Thanks for the suggestions. I should mention this is my first foray into a non Windows OS. Hopefully there are some stickies or threads on how to install non graphical version and update the drivers. Let the fun begin! The PC I'm installing this on does not currently have an OS installed on it.

oldfred
September 13th, 2012, 11:50 PM
Closed, necromancy.

Current nVidia driver versions are downloaded as part of the Ubuntu restricted driver updates.

nVidia versions have long past this issue and you have to check the nVidia site for latest info on legacy drivers.