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From: Shadow on 20 Mar 2010 08:47 On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:36:38 -0700, Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: >The linky has the (big) feature list and more scheduling info. I'm >tracking the LTS (Long-term support) versions because, well, they're >easier to support for one. Nice touch dept: established upgrade paths >for both 9.10 and 8.04(LTS). > >[Final to be released at end of April but I think I'll wait a tad >longer. Say, June.] > >> The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the latest and >> greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. This is the >> first Ubuntu 10.04 beta release, which brings a host of exciting new >> features. >> >> Note: This is a beta release. Do not install it on production >> machines. The final stable version will be released on April 29, >> 2010. > ><http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/lucid/beta1> > >fyi, DO NOT INSTALL.. The beta has serious nautilus and gnome-panel issues, now fixed. Also wait until they update the nvidia drivers, if you have the card, the shipped drivers tend to fry your GPU. []'s http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_195.36.15.html Wait for an image posted AFTER this morning, it was fixed in the wee hours. Not available yet. []'s http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/
From: Craig on 20 Mar 2010 10:42 On 03/20/2010 05:47 AM, Shadow wrote: > the shipped drivers tend to fry your GPU What do you mean, "fry your GPU?" tia, -- -Craig
From: Shadow on 20 Mar 2010 11:38 On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:42:27 -0700, Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: >On 03/20/2010 05:47 AM, Shadow wrote: >> the shipped drivers tend to fry your GPU > >What do you mean, "fry your GPU?" > >tia, From the nvidia page I put in my last post: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_195.36.15.html In "Release Highlights" Fixed a regression that caused the driver to fail to properly adjust the GPU fan speed on some GPUs. Fan too slow ? GPU hamburgers!! []'s
From: Craig on 20 Mar 2010 15:58 On 03/20/2010 08:38 AM, Shadow wrote: > On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:42:27 -0700, Craig<netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 03/20/2010 05:47 AM, Shadow wrote: >>> the shipped drivers tend to fry your GPU >> >> What do you mean, "fry your GPU?" >> >> tia, > From the nvidia page I put in my last post: > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_195.36.15.html > > In "Release Highlights" > > Fixed a regression that caused the driver to fail to properly adjust > the GPU fan speed on some GPUs. > > Fan too slow ? GPU hamburgers!! > []'s The open source driver that is installed by default doesn't have this issue. hth, -- -Craig
From: Shadow on 20 Mar 2010 16:06
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:58:04 -0700, Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: >> Fixed a regression that caused the driver to fail to properly adjust >> the GPU fan speed on some GPUs. > >The open source driver that is installed by default doesn't have this issue. > I just did a fresh install, and it installed the proprietary drivers, via hardware manager. nvidia-173.14-22 (I have a FX5200 on this machine) They will probably fix this before actual release, I hope so. []'s |