Re: Precise developers & testers: please hold off on upgrading today

On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 09:15:29AM -0600, Kate Stewart wrote:
> 
> An issue has been noticed due to interaction between a recent libc
> upgrade and the nvidia graphics driver.   If you have nvidia hardware,
> please avoid upgrading until this has been resolved. Investigation is
> ongoing.
> 
> Details will be found and tracked in: 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/929384
> 
> Thanks,  Kate

Resolved.

Worked around with patches to libc.  I've tested the workaround locally
and several people have confirmed it solves the issue on their own HW.

We will be working with NVIDIA for a proper fix to their driver for the
root issue.

Bryce