NVIDIA 340.76 Brings Three Stable Fixes

[phoronix]

Phoronix: NVIDIA 340.76 Brings Three Stable Fixes

For conservative NVIDIA Linux users not quick to jump to new release streams, the 340.76 stable update is now available, which is also the driver that's continuing to provide long-term support for pre-Fermi graphics card users relying on NVIDIA's binary blob...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-340.76-Released

[carewolf]

Did they fix the stupid bug where recent drivers misdetects the presence of something connected to the VGA slot, and as a result desktops keep opening windows there when nothing is connected? Probably what happens here: http://xkcd.com/1479/ It has been going on for three months now.

[Megaf]

I'd like to know if they finally fixed the EFI issue.

NVIDIA Driver will simply not work on 64 bit EFI mode installs on Macs.

[DanL]

fixes a bug causing frequent AMD-Vi page faults

Thank you. No more booting with iommu=soft.

[GreatEmerald]

No backport of the Unreal Engine 4 bloom fix? Aww...

[Megaf]

I'd like to know if they finally fixed the EFI issue.

NVIDIA Driver will simply not work on 64 bit EFI mode installs on Macs.

Still not working on latest drivers for NVIDIA 320M... Still stuck to BIOS.