Am hopeful based on this changelog: Changelog from upstream 256.52
* New upstream release. Changes since 265.44: [sic: 256.44] - Fixed a bug that prevented XvMC from initializing in most cases. - Added support for xorg-server video driver ABI version 8, which will be included in the xorg-server-1.9 series of releases. - Fixed a bug that caused extremely slow rendering of OpenGL applications on X screens other than screen 0 when using a compositing manager. - Fixed a regression introduced after 256.35 that caused stability problems on GPUs such as GeForce GT 240. - Fixed a slow kernel virtual address space leak observed when starting and stopping OpenGL, CUDA, or VDPAU applications. - Fixed a bug that left the system susceptible to hangs when running two or more VDPAU applications simultaneously. -- Xorg instability and freezes : nvidia-current 256.44 - amd64 and ubuntu maverick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626159 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs