Driver Update: Nvidia Linux Display Driver 319.23

Nvidia has released new stable *nix display drivers, with version number 319.23. The drivers are available for Linux (32 bit), Linux (AMD64/EM64T), Solaris (x64/x86), FreeBSD (x86) and FreeBSD (x64). Specific installation instructions can be found on the individual pages. The new drivers add support for the GeForce GTX 780 and 4k resolutions, among other things. The changelog also shows various bug fixes.

Release Highlights

• Added support for the following GPUs:
  • GeForce GTX 780
• Fixed a regression that could cause X to crash when querying GPU information through NV-CONTROL on multi-GPU systems where some GPUs failed to be initialized for X.
• Fixed a bug that could cause X to crash when using Vertex Buffer Objects (VBOs) with indirect rendering.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some drop-down menus in nvidia-settings from working correctly when using older versions of GTK+.
• Fixed RandR panning reporting when the current MetaMode is smaller than the X screen.
• Fixed a regression that caused nvidia-installer to attempt post-processing of non-installed files.
• Added the “ForceCompositionPipeline” and “ForceFullCompositionPipeline” MetaMode options. See the README for details.
• Added support for HDMI 4K resolutions. Using a 4K resolution with an HDMI display requires a Kepler or later GPU.
• Added support in VDPAU for 4k resolution MPEG-1/2 and H.264 video decoding, up to 4032×4048 for MPEG-1/2 and 4032×4080 for H.264, and up to 65536 macroblocks for both.

The following downloads are available:
Linux Display Driver – x86
Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver
Solaris Display Driver – x64/x86
FreeBSD Display Driver – x86
FreeBSD Display Driver – x64