Comment 6 for bug 127395

nv works great, this is a lack of binary support. I didn't see it in the
list apparently.

On 7/22/07, Sitsofe Wheeler <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Support for the 8400M GS was only added to the nv driver a few weeks ago
> (see http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/driver/xf86-video-
> nv.git;a=commit;h=d0d4e37accc697108e03c2ee7fdc0edf1f309620 ). Graphics
> cards that are "new" (less than 9 months old) tend to be poorly
> supported by already released Linux distributions (apart from Intel
> graphics cards as Intel release drivers for their cards BEFORE the
> hardware reaches retail)...
>
> another2:
> Bug reports can only be about a single issue. Is this about the lack of
> open source nv support for your card OR the lack of binary driver support?
> If this is about lack of binary driver support in Gutsy then this is
> effectively a duplicate of Bug #120943 .
>
> (The sound problem is a separate issue again. I have a feeling that it
> is has already been filed in another bug report perhaps by yourself. If
> it wasn't you who filed it then it is probably a good idea to search
> launchpad for a recent bug to do with nvidia sound and add yourself to
> the subscriber list)
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - nvidia binary locks up system
> + nvidia binary locks up system with an NVIDIA 8400M GS card
>
> --
> nvidia binary locks up system with an NVIDIA 8400M GS card
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/127395
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