nvidia driver update

[Saad Shakhshir]

How about uploading these to edgy-proposed?  I believe that this is
precisely what that repository was created for.

On 11/1/06, Kees Cook <kees at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Hi!  We have an update to the linux-restricted-modules-* packages for
> Dapper and Edgy due to the the nvidia driver fixes[1], but I'd like to
> get some wider testing done before we make the official security
> publication.
>
> Can folks that use any of the l-r-m packages give the update a quick
> spin?  Mostly I'd like to verify that none of the crashes seen in bug
> 46034[2] crash anyone any more, and that there are no regressions in the
> l-r-m packaging itself:
>
> deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~kees/testing/ ./
>
> Don't forget that the nvidia update includes a new kernel module, so
> you'll need to either reboot or be sneaky about reloading the nvidia
> module before you can restart X.
>
> So far we've at least tested Edgy/amd64 and Dapper/i386.  I'd like to
> get some more combinations and confirmations.  :)
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> [1]
> http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1971
> [2] https://launchpad.net/bugs/46034
>
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