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NVIDIA – New Beta Driver – Compiles OK with Kernel 5.9, but Still Has ‘Tainted’ Issue….

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NVIDIA have released beta driver 455.23.04, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/163518/en-us This compiles OK with Kernel 5.9 – tested with 5.9-rc5 – but still suffers from the ‘tainted’ problem with nvidia-udm: …………………… [356113.979463] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint. [356113.987691] nvidia_uvm: Unknown symbol radix_tree_preloads (err -2) [356113.993562] nvidia_uvm: Unknown symbol set_cpus_allowed_ptr (err -2) … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 450.57 – Compiles OK with Kernel 5.8..

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NVIDIA have released beta driver 450.57, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/162107/en-us I have tested this with Kernel 5.8-rc6, and it compiles successfully, and (so far) appears to run OK..: ……………………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 337.19..

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NVIDIA have just released a new version of their beta driver – 337.19 – and the release notes can be found on the driver download page, at  http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/75340 (this is for the x86_64 version..) The driver compiles and loads OK, with the latest Linux kernels (3.14.2 and 3.15-rc4) Robert Gadsdon.   May 6, 2014 … Continue reading →

Taking a Swype..

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I had been happy to use Swype on my old Samsung Galaxy ‘droid phone, but it was – sadly – not available on my new HTC One V.. Now, that has changed..    Swype (Beta) is now out, and I have installed it, and it works just fine.. http://beta.swype.com/ I have found that Swype is a bit … Continue reading →