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From: David Empson on 11 Jan 2010 14:49 J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:51:26 -0500, xkp wrote > (in article > <d8daf174-ef7f-49e1-832d-a3c9af291b8a(a)k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>): > > > On 8 Gen, 22:42, demp...(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote: > >> xkp <vei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> How can i check and eventually update the drivers of my video card on > >>> mac osx? > >>> I have a nvidia 9400 and i have never updated drivers. > >>> usually on PC i update them often in order to solve different > >>> problems. > >>> How can i do that on mac os X? > >> > >> For all video hardware supplied by Apple, updated drivers are supplied > >> as part of numbered system version updates like 10.5.8 or 10.6.2, if > >> Apple has made any changes to the drivers. I also recall a handful of > >> cases where a separate video driver update was supplied. There might > >> occasionally be video driver updates as part of a security update, if > >> there is a security issue in the video driver. > >> > >> You would check for and install them using Software Update, just like > >> all other Apple-supplied updates. If Software Update says there are no > >> updates available, then Apple has not supplied any updates for your > >> system version. > >> > >> As J.J. said, what problem are you experiencing which makes you think > >> you need to update your video driver? > > > > typical openGL problems > > You _still_ haven't said what kind of problems... > > > which > > very often under windows is fixed installing drivers updates. > > Maybe so, but as you _still haven't said what kind of problems you're having, > no-one here can tell if there's a way to fix them_. > > > they used to call them bugs, > > and they exists on windows as well as on macinotsh computer. > > And which 'bugs' would you be talking about? And why do you think that > there's just one way to fix them? > > > thanks for your help, i feared we have just to wait mr apple to fix > > them.... > > Well, if the 'bugs' in question are sufficiently insignificant that few other > people know about them, you'll be waiting fo a Very Long Time. If, however > here is another way to work around the problem you will _also_ be waiting for > a Very Long Time because _you still haven't said what the problem is_! We > don't even know if it is a video problem or something else! Furthermore, if you have a problem which can be established that it is a bug, and which is repeatable, you can file a bug report with Apple which might actually get it fixed. -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: J.J. O'Shea on 12 Jan 2010 13:02
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:49:12 -0500, David Empson wrote (in article <1jc76zz.1idleg6or1bpcN%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>): > J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > >> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:51:26 -0500, xkp wrote >> (in article >> <d8daf174-ef7f-49e1-832d-a3c9af291b8a(a)k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>): >> >>> On 8 Gen, 22:42, demp...(a)actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote: >>>> xkp <vei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> How can i check and eventually update the drivers of my video card on >>>>> mac osx? >>>>> I have a nvidia 9400 and i have never updated drivers. >>>>> usually on PC i update them often in order to solve different >>>>> problems. >>>>> How can i do that on mac os X? >>>> >>>> For all video hardware supplied by Apple, updated drivers are supplied >>>> as part of numbered system version updates like 10.5.8 or 10.6.2, if >>>> Apple has made any changes to the drivers. I also recall a handful of >>>> cases where a separate video driver update was supplied. There might >>>> occasionally be video driver updates as part of a security update, if >>>> there is a security issue in the video driver. >>>> >>>> You would check for and install them using Software Update, just like >>>> all other Apple-supplied updates. If Software Update says there are no >>>> updates available, then Apple has not supplied any updates for your >>>> system version. >>>> >>>> As J.J. said, what problem are you experiencing which makes you think >>>> you need to update your video driver? >>> >>> typical openGL problems >> >> You _still_ haven't said what kind of problems... >> >>> which >>> very often under windows is fixed installing drivers updates. >> >> Maybe so, but as you _still haven't said what kind of problems you're >> having, >> no-one here can tell if there's a way to fix them_. >> >>> they used to call them bugs, >>> and they exists on windows as well as on macinotsh computer. >> >> And which 'bugs' would you be talking about? And why do you think that >> there's just one way to fix them? >> >>> thanks for your help, i feared we have just to wait mr apple to fix >>> them.... >> >> Well, if the 'bugs' in question are sufficiently insignificant that few >> other >> people know about them, you'll be waiting fo a Very Long Time. If, however >> here is another way to work around the problem you will _also_ be waiting >> for >> a Very Long Time because _you still haven't said what the problem is_! We >> don't even know if it is a video problem or something else! > > Furthermore, if you have a problem which can be established that it is a > bug, and which is repeatable, you can file a bug report with Apple which > might actually get it fixed. > > It appears that the OP has vanished, which says a lot about his 'problem'. For those who have _actual_ problems with Open GL, it should be noted that Apple is allegedly currently working on OpenGL 3 support with the forthcoming 10.6.3 update. This may/may not fix some issues with OpenGL. Assuming that those issues actually exist, and have been reported to Apple, and are actually fixable, that is. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com. |