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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

  1. Bug #510004
  2. Comment #80

Comment 80 for bug 510004

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mabawsa (mabawsa) wrote :

I don't normally check these things as Ubuntu usually doesn't do this sort of thing, but the only driver I can load in Lucid is 195.36.08 (the 173 driver fails), which is from my understanding a beta driver. The latest production is 190.53 from Nvidia's website. Now is this not a bit crazy for a LTS? Especially considering NVidia just pulled a production driver for Blake's 7 because it was burning out boards:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=162344

Now if you are packaging a beta driver, then the user (who cannot change to a production driver) has no legal recourse if the board fries, because they are using a beta driver. I understand they have little recourse anyway but I did get my motherboard replaced. So is it possible to use the production driver or at least have the option to revert to it.

Or is there something I am missing here?

It would also be nice to see if I can suspend and hibernate again using the production driver.