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colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

nVidia driver is still beta or?

Hey folks just a bit confused, I see on nVidia's site that the 169.07 driver is out, I am currently using 100.14.19, but I haven't seen an update when I update pacman. I see the driver is in AUR but is it going to be in the pacman soon or what is the procedure? Just curious as I really don't know how it works, if it goes to AUR first and then pacman or what Thanks!

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

Posts: 3,742

Re: nVidia driver is still beta or?

Every distro always takes its own sweet time. The advantage with Arch is that you can cp -r /var/abs/blah to /var/abs/local, change the pkgver and compile away

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: nVidia driver is still beta or?

i have problems with 169.07 and i'm not alone.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthr … 1&t=105308

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newgargamel

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From: PL, CZ

Registered: 2005-08-28

Posts: 156

Re: nVidia driver is still beta or?

i have problems with 169.07 and i'm not alone.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthr … 1&t=105308

I don't have any problems with 169.07 and I'm not alone too

[vEX]

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-11-23

Posts: 450

Re: nVidia driver is still beta or?

169.07 is working fine for me too.

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test1000

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Registered: 2005-04-03

Posts: 834

Re: nVidia driver is still beta or?

I don't have any problems with 169.07 and I'm not alone too big_smile

haha

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iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: nVidia driver is still beta or?

I've got the blank console bug with 169.07. I'm stuck with the new version b/c of buggy support for my laptop in the previous version.

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: nVidia driver is still beta or?

Could you folks who have it working/not working state your video cards? Curious if there's a pattern perhaps or anything of the sort.

And basically the answer is to wait for it to be added to pacman to upgrade or just go through AUR?

pecan

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Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 93

Re: nVidia driver is still beta or?

I get the fan bug when I use the new 169.07 but 169.04 beta works great and is incredibly stable.

kishd

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Registered: 2006-06-14

Posts: 401

Re: nVidia driver is still beta or?

Had a problem with a blank screen when restarting X after loading compiz.

        Option "ModeValidation" "NoEdidModes"

This option in the device section of Xorg.conf solved the problem

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wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: nVidia driver is still beta or?

Could you folks who have it working/not working state your video cards? Curious if there's a pattern perhaps or anything of the sort.

And basically the answer is to wait for it to be added to pacman to upgrade or just go through AUR?

i have the same hardware like in the link. laptop monitor 1280x800 maxim resolution, nvidia 8600m gt, same errors.

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newgargamel

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From: PL, CZ

Registered: 2005-08-28

Posts: 156

Re: nVidia driver is still beta or?

I have geforce 6600 go and a resolution 1680x1050