Nvidia updates Linux drivers to 185.18.36 (stable)

[oldcpu]

I note that an Internet article where "Nvidia Updates The Linux Display Drivers " to 185.18.36 (stable). Nvidia Updates The Linux Display Drivers ~ Web Upd8

If my memory serves me right, a few days ago I updated the nVidia driver on all our PCs that use the proprietary driver to 185.18.34 (stable).

I have to check this, ... but it looks like I may be updating again, as I use VDPAU technology a lot, and that is where some of the fixes are.

* Fixed a bug that caused kernel panics when starting X on some mobile GPUs.
* Fixed an interaction problem between VDPAU and PowerMizer when using VDPAU solely as a display mechanism, and not to decode video streams. The GPU performance level should now be raised, if required, in this scenario.
* Fixed VDPAU to avoid "display preemption" in some cases where a VdpOutputSurface is deleted while it is still active (either queued or visible) in a VdpPresentationQueue. In particular, this can occur in MPlayer when using the "-fs" option, and could completely prevent VDPAU from operating successfully, depending on the exact timing conditions.

... but this could also just be my bad memory (I'm not at my Linux PC right now).

[Knurpht]

That would have been 185.18.14 as a latest stable. I usually don't wait for NVIDIA to publish about latest drivers, I pick them via ftp from:

ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/

Up until now, the latest 1XXM series was not supported, for example; driver installs but fails to load.
The latest betas servs the needs for recent NVIDIA cards. Latest beta driver is 190.25 and it works fine.

[gminnerup]

Any sign of the long-promised RandR 1.2 support yet? Would be nice to be able to use dual monitors, one rotated, with compositing in Linux at last...