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New nVidia driver (280.13) - August 1 - Many OpenGL fixes

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New nVidia driver (280.13) - August 1 - Many OpenGL fixes

Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:26 am
A new driver from nVidia was just released and corrects a lot of problems associated with OpenGL & rendering, 64 bit support and several screen anomalies (alien graphics, etc.).

Below are the major issues that have been addressed. The download link to nVidia's Linux download page is below the Highlights.


Release Highlights:

Added support for the following GPUs:
GeForce GTX 570M
GeForce GTX 580M
Fixed a GLX bug that could cause the X server to crash when rendering a display list using GLX indirect rendering.
Fixed a GLX bug that could cause a hang in applications that use X server grabs.
Fixed an X driver bug that caused 16x8 stipple patterns to be rendered incorrectly.
Fixed a GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap bug that caused corruption when texturing from sufficiently small pixmaps and, in particular, corruption in the GNOME Shell Message Tray.
Added unofficial GLX protocol support (i.e., for GLX indirect rendering) for the following OpenGL extension:
GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit
Added GLX protocol support (i.e., for GLX indirect rendering) for the following OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_half_float_pixel
GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil




NOTE: You have to go to the Linux Beta section if you want to snag these manually. These are 'nVidia recommended' and are certified as such :D so they must be good ones ;)

Direct Download Link: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-280.13-driver.html - AMD 64 Bit
Direct Download Link: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-x86-280.13-driver.html - AMD/Intel 32 Bit


Tim

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