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zenwhen
June 3rd, 2005, 02:19 AM
* Added OpenGL 2.0 Support.
* Added initial support for Xinerama + OpenGL; see APPENDIX V in the text README.
* Added support for the EXT_framebuffer_object OpenGL extension.
* Added NV-CONTROL support for manipulating DDC/CI settings; see the AllowDDCCI X config option in the text README.
* Added support for GPU clock manipulation; see the "Coolbits" X config option documented in Appendix D.
* Added support for NVIDIA Quadro G-Sync.
* Added support for GeForce 6200 AGP.
* Improved DPMS behavior on flatpanels.
* Removed support for legacy GPUs; please see "Chapter 1. Selecting and Downloading the NVIDIA Packages for Your System" in the README for details.
* Install NVIDIA OpenGL headers by default.

x86 - http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-7664.html
AMD64 - http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_1.0-7664.html

README - ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7664/README.txt

They *look* great. I think I will wait for a Hoary package made by someone trustworthy before installing though.

gil-galad
June 3rd, 2005, 02:25 AM
Wow..that does look nice

sapo
June 3rd, 2005, 03:45 AM
Thats why i hate ATI

WHY GOD? WHY DID I BUY A 9800PRO???? WHYYYYYYYYYY?????????????? ](*,)

oddabe19
June 3rd, 2005, 03:54 AM
Thats why i hate ATI

WHY GOD? WHY DID I BUY A 9800PRO???? WHYYYYYYYYYY?????????????? ](*,)
I installed it via nvidia-installer --update (i use the binary from their site)
so far so good, no speed increases... speaking of which...

how can i turn on fastwrites and SBA?

somuchfortheafter
June 3rd, 2005, 05:47 PM
Thats why i hate ATI

WHY GOD? WHY DID I BUY A 9800PRO???? WHYYYYYYYYYY?????????????? ](*,)
i was thinking the same thing about my 9600xt but i found someone who traded their 5600ultra which even though its slightly slower it still owns in linux lol.

poofyhairguy
June 3rd, 2005, 07:27 PM
i was thinking the same thing about my 9600xt but i found someone who traded their 5600ultra which even though its slightly slower it still owns in linux lol.

I traded a pro in for that. It is slower in XP...but its a lot better in linux. Go ebay.

somuchfortheafter
June 3rd, 2005, 08:03 PM
hmm i tried to upgrade and well its not working of course i am on the k7 kernel and that probably has somthing to do with it, as nothing seems to like this kernel except default ubuntu stuff...

wolovids
June 3rd, 2005, 08:22 PM
Does it fix this bug (https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7183)?

oddabe19
June 3rd, 2005, 08:30 PM
hmm i tried to upgrade and well its not working of course i am on the k7 kernel and that probably has somthing to do with it, as nothing seems to like this kernel except default ubuntu stuff...

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

just like that.

That should install the headers. I use a k7 kernel myself and i have NO problems with anything i try to do.

Kyral
June 3rd, 2005, 09:25 PM
SCORE! Overclocking! BUt yah, I'm gonna wait for a package :D