Public bug reported: Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 Nvidia 6600GT Athlon Thunderbird 1.3GHz (no SSE)
On my system jockey recommends installing nvidia-glx-new (169.12). Convenient but GLX doesn't work. glxinfo reports "Illegal Instruction" and any OpenGL app fails with similar errors. The reason is that starting with the 169 series of drivers, CPUs must support SSE and older Athlons don't. More info here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=104914 Bug #214379 also reports this issue against Compiz. This situation should be checked for by jockey and nvidia-glx-new should not be installed when /proc/cpuinfo doesn't show SSE support. ** Affects: jockey (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- nvidia-glx-new 169.12 fails with CPUs without SSE https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239652 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
