Public bug reported: Update the 470 NVIDIA series in Bionic, Focal, Hirsute, and Impish.
[Impact] These releases provide both bug fixes and new features, and we would like to make sure all of our users have access to these improvements. See the changelog entry below for a full list of changes and bugs. [Test Case] The following development and SRU process was followed: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NVidiaUpdates Certification test suite must pass on a range of hardware: https://git.launchpad.net/plainbox-provider-sru/tree/units/sru.pxu The QA team that executed the tests will be in charge of attaching the artifacts and console output of the appropriate run to the bug. nVidia maintainers team members will not mark ‘verification-done’ until this has happened. [Regression Potential] In order to mitigate the regression potential, the results of the aforementioned system level tests are attached to this bug. [Discussion] [Changelog] == 470 == * New upstream release (LP: #1950665): - Fixed a regression which prevented DisplayPort and HDMI 2.1 variable refresh rate (VRR) G-SYNC Compatible monitors from functioning correctly in variable refresh rate mode, resulting in issues such as flickering. ** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu) Importance: High Assignee: Alberto Milone (albertomilone) Status: Triaged ** Description changed: Update the NVIDIA series and introduce the new 495 series in Bionic, Focal, Hirsute, and Impish. [Impact] These releases provide both bug fixes and new features, and we would like to make sure all of our users have access to these improvements. See the changelog entry below for a full list of changes and bugs. [Test Case] The following development and SRU process was followed: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NVidiaUpdates Certification test suite must pass on a range of hardware: https://git.launchpad.net/plainbox-provider-sru/tree/units/sru.pxu The QA team that executed the tests will be in charge of attaching the artifacts and console output of the appropriate run to the bug. nVidia maintainers team members will not mark ‘verification-done’ until this has happened. [Regression Potential] In order to mitigate the regression potential, the results of the aforementioned system level tests are attached to this bug. [Discussion] [Changelog] == 470 == - * New upstream release (LP: #1948025): - - Fixed a bug that can cause a kernel crash in SLI Mosaic - configurations. - - Added support for the EGL_NV_robustness_video_memory_purge. + * New upstream release (LP: #1950665): + - Fixed a regression which prevented DisplayPort and HDMI 2.1 + variable refresh rate (VRR) G-SYNC Compatible monitors from + functioning correctly in variable refresh rate mode, resulting + in issues such as flickering. ** Description changed: - Update the NVIDIA series and introduce the new 495 series in Bionic, - Focal, Hirsute, and Impish. + Update the 470 NVIDIA series in Bionic, Focal, Hirsute, and Impish. [Impact] These releases provide both bug fixes and new features, and we would like to make sure all of our users have access to these improvements. See the changelog entry below for a full list of changes and bugs. [Test Case] The following development and SRU process was followed: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NVidiaUpdates Certification test suite must pass on a range of hardware: https://git.launchpad.net/plainbox-provider-sru/tree/units/sru.pxu The QA team that executed the tests will be in charge of attaching the artifacts and console output of the appropriate run to the bug. nVidia maintainers team members will not mark ‘verification-done’ until this has happened. [Regression Potential] In order to mitigate the regression potential, the results of the aforementioned system level tests are attached to this bug. [Discussion] [Changelog] == 470 == - * New upstream release (LP: #1950665): - - Fixed a regression which prevented DisplayPort and HDMI 2.1 - variable refresh rate (VRR) G-SYNC Compatible monitors from - functioning correctly in variable refresh rate mode, resulting - in issues such as flickering. + * New upstream release (LP: #1950665): + - Fixed a regression which prevented DisplayPort and HDMI 2.1 + variable refresh rate (VRR) G-SYNC Compatible monitors from + functioning correctly in variable refresh rate mode, resulting + in issues such as flickering. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1950665 Title: Update the 470 NVIDIA driver to 470.86 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470/+bug/1950665/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
