Updated to the latest NVIDIA ‘beta’ driver – 343.13 – which compiles and installs OK on Kernel 3.16 (from kernel.org..)..

More details can be found here:  http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/77410

Just tested this with VMware, and it breaks fullscreen mode, so reverted to the previous version – 340.24..

Robert Gadsdon.  August 12, 2014.