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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] New NVIDIA drivers available
From:       Patrick Shanahan <paka () opensuse ! org>
Date:       2014-01-21 14:06:30
Message-ID: 20140121140630.GK7409 () wahoo ! no-ip ! org
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* Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> [01-21-14 01:03]:
> On 21/01/14 03:00, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> >* Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> [01-19-14 23:09]:
> >  [...]
> >>The driver released on 10 January - 319.82 - has no problem compiling
> >>and there is no need to use '-no-unified-memory'.
> >>
> >>Are you suggesting that the new one (331.38, released 14 January) has
> >>regressed to not compile without the '-n-u-m' "fix"?
> >Yes, on my TW 331.38 requires -no-unified-memory and announces that CUDA
> >will not be functional, and:
> >   nvidia-cuda-mps-control -d     		is running
> >   nvidia-cuda-mps-control get_server_list	doesn't report anything
> >  :(
> >kernel 3.12.7-7.g78b11e9-desktop
> >OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTS 450/PCIe/SSE2
> >OpenGL core profile version string: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 331.38
> 
> Incredible!
> 
> What a farce nVidia is! It must use programmers - a.k.a "engineers" -
> who aren't able to tell the difference between their 'asses' and
> holes in the ground!
> 
> Release one driver which compiles perfectly and then release another
> one 3 days later[*] which doesn't!
> 
> I just tried to compile the latest 331.38 driver with the same result
> as yourself, Patrick.
> 
> Pathetic, is the kindest word I could use.
> 
> [*] I made a typo in the earlier post: the 319.82 was released on the
> 10th January and the 331.38 on the 13th January.

Basil, check locally and see if a "Dale Carnegie" Training class is
available.  I'm sure we can provide you with free admission.

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