EnvyNG:
I have updated envyng-core (2.0) and envyng-qt (2.0) in Intrepid. The GTK interface doesn’t work and even if I managed to solve the problems with GTK and threading I couldn’t upload it since we’re in feature freeze.

The new textual interface and the QT4 interface now rely on python-apt and python-xkit. Thanks to the work I did on the drivers I won’t have to keep the compatibility list updated since it will rely on the same system which we are using for Jockey.

By testing EnvyNG you will (indirectly) help Jockey too since you will test X-Kit and some other features I have worked on for Jockey.

NOTE: if you have this problem please have a look at the suggested solution in the same bug report.

NVIDIA and kernel 2.6.27:
Currently only driver 177.68 seems to work with 2.6.27. I have written a patch for driver 173 too, however I’m experiencing a rather nasty problem.
EDIT: the driver works well with a new patch now

URandR:
as you can see on Bryce’s blog I am now contributing to GNOME’s Monitor Resolution Settings panel. There is still some work to do (in C) and I’m having a lot of fun with it. I find it a great program and I’m focusing on it instead of completing the rewrite of URandR. I’m not saying that URandR is dead but it’s development has stalled.

Stay tuned

Posted by Alberto Milone | August 28, 2008 2:16 pm
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I have updated the NVIDIA driver 177.67 (still a beta) in Intrepid (a special thanks to Timo Aaltonen who sponsored the upload).

If you still have 2D performance issues, you can have a look at this post (a special thanks to nullack for suggesting this link).

NOTE: this driver won’t be available on Hardy until a final release of the driver is available.

Posted by Alberto Milone | August 20, 2008 3:27 pm
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If you experienced problems with the NVIDIA driver 173.14.09 you might want to give version 173.14.12 a try.

The driver is available on Hardy in the hardy-proposed repository (you will have to install it through EnvyNG, if you haven’t already done so) and should now work with Xen kernels too (thanks to a little trick which I backported from Intrepid).

The name of the package for Intrepid is nvidia-glx-173.

Release Highlights:
Added support for GeForce 8600 GS.
Fixed a problem with missing rendering in OpenGL Workstation Overlays.
Fixed a problem with running some SDL applications and virtual terminal switching.
Fixed a potential crash in nvidia-settings when saving to the X configuration file.
Improved error recovery paths in the case of corruption of the commands sent to the GPU.

Please test the driver (for Hardy) and report your experience with the driver in this bugreport.

NOTE: the driver has been uploaded today but should be available tomorrow.

Posted by Alberto Milone | August 4, 2008 6:36 pm
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