Update Package: nVidia 180.16

Bug #307791 reported by Vidar Braut Haarr
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=1873716
VDPAU users, please note that the arguments to VdpDecoderCreate have changed. Updated VDPAU patches are available.

Release Highlights:

    * Added support for the following GPUs:
          o Quadro FX 2700M
          o GeForce 9400M G
          o GeForce 9800 GT
          o GeForce 9800 GT
          o GeForce 8200M G
          o GeForce Go 7700
          o GeForce 9800M GTX
          o GeForce 9800M GT
          o GeForce 9800M GS
          o GeForce 9500 GT
          o GeForce 9700M GT
          o GeForce 9650M GT
          o GeForce 9500 GT
    * Fixed a problem with the SDI sync skew controls in nvidia-settings.
    * Fixed a problem that caused some SDI applications to hang or crash.
    * Fixed an nvidia-settings crash when xorg.conf contains Device and Screen sections but no ServerLayout section.
    * Fixed a problem that caused the Linux OpenGL library to crash when used inside FreeBSD's Linux emulation layer.
    * Updated VDPAU:
          o VdpDecoderCreate API has changed incompatibly. All client applications must be rebuilt because of this change.
          o For H.264, require the application to tell VDPAU how many reference frames to allow. This allows the application to request more than 4 reference frames. VDPAU should now support level 4.1 reference frame limits on all GPUs (or very close to this limit). The application now has control over this aspect of VDPAU's memory usage.
          o Fix corruption decoding some H.264 streams on some GPUs.
          o Fix a bug that prevented VC-1/WMV3 decode from being allowed on some GPUs.
          o Documentation enhancements and cleanups to vdpau.h.
          o Don't paint the color key to presentation queue targets until the first frame is presented. This should reduce or remove the time the key is displayed before the presented frame is visible.

Hew (hew)
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Noel J. Bergman (noeljb) wrote :

It is reported that 180.16 still creates a problem for suspend/resume.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-177/+bug/297543/comments/94

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Adomas (adomasj) wrote :

But it can be added as masked or smth like that no? I would be quite nice to have this driver.

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Noel J. Bergman (noeljb) wrote :

Long discussion @ nvidia regarding the suspend defect: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=123303

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Noel J. Bergman (noeljb) wrote :

As will continue to happen, especially since it is a BETA, there is a new driver: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/180.18.

Release Highlights:

  * Fixed an X server hang rendering very large fonts.
  * Added a check to nvidia-installer to not consider Compiz's libglx.so a conflicting X extension library.
  * VDPAU updates:
      o Relaxed restrictions on the number of references frames.
      o Fixed corruption problems in some video bitstreams.
      o Fixed a problem that prevented the VDPAU presentation queue from working when Composite is disabled.

I have not looked to see if suspend / resume is fixed. The driver, was only *just* posted, judging from the README time-stamp.

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perfectska04 (perfectska04-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

>I have not looked to see if suspend / resume is fixed. The driver, was only *just* posted, judging from the README time-stamp.

I just tested it and apparently, suspend is still not working on laptops. Nvidia hasn't even replied to any of the suspend threads and it also happens on their stable 180.* windows drivers, so I doubt we'll see a working suspend implementation anytime soon. Perhaps the best chance we have is someone finding a hack-ish workaround until Nvidia gets their act together.

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Noel J. Bergman (noeljb) wrote :

Suspend / Resume is the subject of Bug 306315. David Chen is asking for some testers.

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Noel J. Bergman (noeljb) wrote :

> David Chen

Sorry ... no way to edit and correct my error ... *Daniel* Chen.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 - 180.18-0ubuntu1

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nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (180.18-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Thomas Cheutz ]
  * Add driver 180.18 (LP: #307791)
   * Fixed an X server hang rendering very large fonts.
   * Added a check to nvidia-installer to not consider Compiz's libglx.so
     a conflicting X extension library.
   * VDPAU updates:
    o Relaxed restrictions on the number of H.264 references frames.
    o Fixed corruption problems in some video bitstreams.
    o Fixed a problem that prevented the presentation queue from working in some
      multi-display or multi-screen configurations when using overlay based presentation.

  [ Alexey Borzenkov ]
  * Fix false positive when generating modaliases

  [ Mario Limonciello ]
  * debian/control:
    - Introduce nvidia-180-libvdpau and nvidia-180-libvdpau-dev packages so that
      applications will be able to build depend and depend on libvdpau without needing
      to depend on nvidia driver itself.
  * debian/rules:
    - Install VDPAU headers and libraries into appropriate packages.
    - Don't run debhelper commands with -s as arch independent packages are ignored.

 -- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:58:13 -0600

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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