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Comment 6 for bug 1158689

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Amit Kucheria (amitk) wrote : Re: [Bug 1158689] Re: nouveau and nvidia binary drivers are broken for GeForce 8400 GS

On 13 Mar 22, Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer
> to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest
> v3.9 kernel[0] (Not a kernel in the daily directory) and install both
> the linux-image and linux-image-extra .deb packages.
>
> If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following
> tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'.
>
> If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the tag:
> 'kernel-bug-exists-upstream'.
>
> If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, for example it will not boot, please add the tag: 'kernel-unable-to-test-upstream'.
> Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug as "Confirmed".
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> [0] http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.9-rc3-raring/

I tried -rc4. I still see a lot of artifacts when I hit the "win" key to
display the dash. And it definitely crashed atleast once with the display
becoming black.