NVIDIA 343.36 Updates Stable Drivers With Bug Fixes, New Kernel/X.Org Support

Written by Michael Larabel in NVIDIA on 5 December 2014 at 02:24 PM EST. 9 Comments
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While NVIDIA's 346 Linux driver series is in beta with a great deal of improvements and new features, for those sticking to the 343.xx stable series there is out this Friday the 343.36 driver.

Today's NVIDIA 343.36 Linux x86_64/x86/ARM driver update brings support for X.Org Server 1.17, support for the latest Linux kernels (up through Linux 3.18), various bug fixes (including an Unreal Engine 4 fix), support fir disabling indirect GLX, and other bug fixes.

More details on this largely bug-fix 343.36 driver that adds support for the latest xorg-server and Linux kernel can be found via NVIDIA's DevTalk.

NVIDIA also released the NVIDIA 304.125 legacy driver today that's the support branch for users of old GeForce 6/7 series hardware. The updated 304 legacy driver also adds support for the latest Linux kernel versions and X.Org Server 1.17 along with various common bug-fixes that were addressed in the 343 series. More details on the new NVIDIA 304.125 Linux driver can be found via this DevTalk thread.
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