Public bug reported:
The NVIDIA driver in the lrm-envy (169.12) doesn't support Geforce 9xxx
cards and certain 8xxx cards.
Here are the release highlights for driver 173.14.05:
* Added support for the following new GPUs:
o Quadro FX 3600M
o GeForce 9800 GX2
o GeForce 9800 GTX
o GeForce 9600 GT
o GeForce 9600 GSO
o GeForce 9500M GS
o GeForce 8400
o GeForce 8400 GS
* Added support for Quadro FX 5600/4600 SDI and Quadro G-Sync II.
* Resolved a bug causing left and right eyes to be reversed in stereo mode
on some Quadro FX GPUs.
* Fixed a problem that caused OpenGL to stop rendering to windows with
origins at or beyond 4096 pixels (horizontally) on GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs.
* Fixed a bug causing some Quadro FX 4500 SDI configurations to take a long
time to achieve synchronization.
* Added preliminary support for X.Org server 1.5.
* Addressed a problem causing visual corruption when using GeForce 8 GPUs
to drive Chi Mei 56" displays.
* Addressed visual corruption when driving Cintiq 20WSX wide format tables
with some GeForce 6 and 7 GPUs.
* Fixed OpenGL rendering corruption with textures compressed using the DXT5
compression algorithm.
* Fixed a regression that caused invalid EDIDs to be detected for the
internal display device on some notebooks.
* Improved hotkey switching and power management support on some GeForce 8
notebooks.
* Fixed a regression causing some GeForce 6100/6150 systems to fail to
restore the screen after DPMS cycles.
* Fixed a bug that prevented the console from being restored correctly in
SLI mode on GeForce 6 and 7 GPUs.
* Fixed interlaced modes on GeForce 8 GPUs.
* Fixed a problem that caused the synchronization signal polarity to always
be positive for DVI devices on GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs.
* Resolved a problem resulting in X startup to fail on some GeForce 8 and 9
systems without swap space.
* Fixed a bug resulting in X crashes when using GeForce 8 and 9 GPUs in SLI
to drive X screens at depth 8.
* Fixed a problem that caused TV output on secondary TVs to be black and
white on some GPUs.
* Restored compatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels.
** Affects: linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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The NVIDIA driver in the lrm-envy doesn't support Geforce 9xxx
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239115
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