[Mageia-dev] What's the point of the latest nvidia update?

[Robert Wood]

Thanks for the reply, but it doesn't really make sense or seem to answer 
the question. I was wondering why bother with v295 when you could go for 
a more recent (ie most up to date) release?!

On 19/01/13 14:44, AL13N wrote:
> Op zaterdag 19 januari 2013 10:51:21 schreef Robert Wood:
>> I have a modern nvidia graphics card on my desktop that necessittated
>> having to get the very latest nvidia driver from the nvidia site and
>> manually install.
>>
>> So, when we had a nvidia pakcage update on my laptop, I thought I'd give
>> the Mageia package another go, but it makes sack-all difference, it
>> still just sits there doing nothing and says:
>>
>> Failed to start Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit
>>
>> So I went and looked on my laptop and it looks like it's v 295.49
>> whereas the very latest version is 304.43. I need this for my modern
>> graphics card or the desktop refuses to boot. So, why bother with
>> v295.49 when there's a much more modern one?
>>
>> **
>
> for mga2, the driver update (meaning no new functionality, just bugfixes is
> 295)
>
> for mga3 (beta1) the latest driver is atm 310...
>
> if for mga2 you want a newer driver you should ask for a backport request, ie:
> to have 310 on mga2 as well.
>
> plz file such requests at https://bugs.mageia.org/
>