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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] New NVIDIA drivers available
From:       Basil Chupin <blchupin () iinet ! net ! au>
Date:       2014-01-26 4:38:10
Message-ID: 52E49132.8030003 () iinet ! net ! au
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On 22/01/14 01:06, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * 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.

Ah, The Man Who Lives In A Glass House speaks!

Tell you what: you stop picking on Duaine, and others, and I'll stop 
complaining about less-than-perfectly constructed nVidia drivers. Deal? :-)

BC

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