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NVIDIA – New 4XX Driver, OK with Kernel 4.19..

Posted on September 21, 2018 by RGSeptember 21, 2018

NVIDIA have version-bumped their driver, and new driver 410.57 is now available, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/138279/en-us Tested with Kernel 4.19-rc4, and this version compiles/loads OK, without any need for a patch.. …………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 390.77 – OK with Kernel 4.18..

Posted on July 16, 2018 by RGJuly 16, 2018

NVIDIA have released driver 390.77, and details are here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/136120/en-us I have tested this with Kernel 4.18-rc5, and it compiles/loads successfully: ……………………………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Finally, a 4.16-Compatible Driver..

Posted on April 10, 2018 by RGApril 10, 2018

NVIDIA has released beta driver 396.18, and – at last – this is compatible with Kernel 4.16 (tested with 4.16.1). Details are here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/133571/en-us The ‘Release Highlights’ do not even mention kernel support.. …………………… Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Another New Driver – Still Broken with 4.16..

Posted on March 28, 2018 by RGMarch 28, 2018

NVIDIA have released another new driver – 390.48, and details are here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/132530/en-us Surprisingly, this version is still not able to function with Kernel 4.16 (tested with 4.16-rc7): ……………….. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules WARNING: “swiotlb_map_sg_attrs” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.48/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – 387.12 released – OK with Kernel 4.14/Intel, and AMD with SME Disabled..

Posted on October 3, 2017 by RGOctober 3, 2017

NVIDIA driver 387.12 is out, and details are here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/125399/en-us The driver compiles/loads OK with Kernel 4.14-rc3 on Intel, without any patches, and is OK with AMD as long as its Secure Memory Encryption feature is de-selected ( see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2070 … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver – Same Problems..

Posted on September 21, 2017 by RGSeptember 21, 2017

NVIDIA have just released a new driver version – 384.90 – and brief details are here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/123918/en-us This version appears to be runtime bug-fixes only, and still fails to compile with Kernel 4.1.-rc1 without the patch mentioned in a previous … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver, Finally OK with Kernel 4.10..

Posted on April 6, 2017 by RGApril 6, 2017

NVIDIA have released a new ‘beta’ driver – 381.09 – and release notes etc. are here: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/117002/en-us The driver compiles OK with Kernel 4.10 (tested with 4.10.8) but still requires an ‘illegal’ patch for 4.11, due to ongoing code licensing … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 375.26 – OK with Kernel 4.9..

Posted on December 15, 2016 by RGDecember 15, 2016

NVIDIA driver 375.26 has been released, and details are available here: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/112992/en-us I had been experiencing some odd window (KDE5) behaviour with 375.20, and hopefully things might be more stable with this version.. If not, then possibly kwin is to … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Driver for Kernel 4.7.. Patch for 4.8 Still Works

Posted on August 16, 2016 by RGAugust 16, 2016

NVIDIA have released their latest driver – 370.23 – which (finally!) works with Kernel 4.7, without any patches.. The driver fails to compile with Kernel 4.8, but the previous 367.35 patch fixes this (See article here: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1788). Tested with 4.8-rc2: … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 346.59 – OK with Kernel 4.0..

Posted on April 7, 2015 by RGApril 7, 2015

NVIDIA have a new ‘long lived branch’ driver – 346.59, and – as expected – it installs/loads OK with kernel 4.0-rc7 Brief details here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/83686/en-us Robert Gadsdon. April 7, 2015. … Continue reading →

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