Duh!  The old version is what's bundled in the Ubuntu I am using (one of the LTS releases).  I just blindly followed the submit instructions without thinking.

Thanks for the response!

Dan Stoner

On Feb 7, 2012 3:35 AM, "Stefan Tauner" <stefan.tauner@student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:42:56 -0500
Dan Stoner <danstoner@gmail.com> wrote:

> flashrom v0.9.1-r946

Hi Dan!

Please upgrade! Your version of flashrom is 2,5 years old.
Nvidia support is still not complete, but it should work way better
than with 0.9.1.
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Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner