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NVIDIA – Driver 340.58 – No Patch Needed..

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Tested the latest ‘main’ release of the NVIDIA driver – 340.58 – and it compiled/loaded with Kernel 3.18-rc3 without any patches..    Further testing not possible, as 3.18-rc3 is still not stable on my systems.. More info at:  http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/79413/en-us Robert Gadsdon.  November 5, 2014. … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.18-rc3 – Boots OK with ‘new’ .config..

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Tested Kernel 3.18-rc3 and found that it would not boot with the .config that worked OK with -rc1..    Re-created a new .config from scratch, and now my temporary test system (HP6830 laptop) boots OK, but overall performance still seems rather sluggish.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 3 18:19:06 PST 2014 x86_64 … Continue reading →