> Quick update on this: NVidia's contempt for Linux users continues unabated. > The latest Linux drivers still require a license key to function with > consumer cards, not only that but they have also changed those keys > during the stable updates to their drivers: the latest 331 and 334 > drivers now require different keys than they did before. > With the 337 branch it is even worse: the newer keys are accepted, but > the API has changed and so the codec needs to be rebuilt against the > newer API headers, which have not been released yet.. So this one is a > complete no go at present. > It also means that the nvenc codec in xpra is actually tied to specific > versions of the drivers, which is another system maintenance headache. Slight correction: * it is the 340 branch that breaks the API and looks like it will need a new SDK * the 337 branch does run, but breaks the YUV444 mode, so we now disable support for it when this driver version is detected. I have summarized this nvidia driver mess here: http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/595#comment:1
Antoine > > > Start of rant: > "Proprietary Tyrants" > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary-tyrants.html > " A/tyrant/device is one that refuses to allow users to install a > different operating system or a modified operating system. These devices > have measures to block execution of anything other than the “approved” > system versions. We also refer to this practice as/tivoization/." > > "Proprietary Sabotage" > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary-sabotage.html > > "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master--and if you use the program, > he is your master." - RMS > End of rant. > > Cheers > Antoine _______________________________________________ shifter-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.devloop.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/shifter-users
