Ubuntu 8.10 RC and NVIDIA 96.43.05

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Paul Johnson wrote:
>> What's a good way to tell if you've got nvidia drivers that are
>> affected?  My laptop has the Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS processor, if
>> anybody has any feedback on this model.
> 
> $ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
> ii  nvidia-glx-new                             169.12+2.6.24.14-21.51
>                              NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org 'new'
> driver
> ii  nvidia-kernel-common                       20051028+1ubuntu8
>                              NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
> rc  nvidia-settings                            1.0+20080304-0ubuntu1.1
>                              Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics
> driv
> 
> Here it says I'm running the proprietary driver 169.12.  It it had
> said I have a legacy driver, like this package, then I would be in
> trouble.
Mine is:
$ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
ii  nvidia-glx-new                             169.12+2.6.24.14-21.51 
                 NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org 'new' driver
ii  nvidia-kernel-common                       20051028+1ubuntu8 
                 NVIDIA binary kernel module common files

Have you upgraded yet? If you do, let me know what happens.
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