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On December 5, a mere seventeen days ago, Linux gamers and enthusiasts were
greeted by NVIDIA's Rel80 display driver launch for Linux. In the 1.0-8174
release was initial support for NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface (SLI) as
well as the new nvidia-xconfig utility, similar to ATI's aticonfig tool they had
unveiled months prior
Below are NVIDIA's
official notes regarding the 1.0-8178
drivers for Linux x86 and x86_64.
Version:
1.0-8178
Release Date: December
22, 2005
Size: 9.1MB (x86_64)
Highlights
· Fixed a problem where
certain precompiled kernel interfaces
were not recognized.
· Improved stability with the Composite
X extension.
· Fixed a corruption bug with
RenderAccel and the Composite X
extension when using wide desktops.
· Fixed a problem validating HDTV modes
on GeForce 6200.
· Fixed detection of certain older TV
encoders.
· Fixed installation problems with Linux
kernel source trees using separate
KBUILD output directories.
· Fixed installation problems on newer
Debian systems.
· Added support for NVIDIA SLI.
· Added a new utility 'nvidia-xconfig',
which is a commandline tool for updating
X configuration files.
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