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NVIDIA – New ‘Legacy’ Driver, OK with Latest Kernel

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 31, 2019 by RGJuly 31, 2019

NVIDIA have just released driver version 430.40, and ‘legacy’ driver 390.129, which is also OK with the latest Kernel (tested with 5.3-rc2): ………………………. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia.ko make[1]: Leaving … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, success | Tagged 390.129, 430.40, legacy driver, new drivers, nvidia, ok with kernel 5.3-rc2 | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – New Drivers – OK with Kernel 5.0, Fix for Kernel 4.4

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 23, 2019 by RGFebruary 23, 2019

NVIDIA have released new drivers 418.43 and 410.104, which support Kernel 5.0, and also include a fix for a compile problem with ‘legacy’ Kernel 4.4.168.   There is also a new ‘legacy’ 3xx driver 390.116. which – finally –  provides support for Kernel 5.0. Details for 418.43 are here:   https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1047710/unix-graphics-announcements-and-news/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-418-43-long-lived-branch-release-/ – and for 390.116:  https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1047708/unix-graphics-announcements-and-news/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-390-116-legacy-for-gf1xx-quot-fermi-quot-gpus-/ I have tested … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance | Tagged 4.4 compile fix, 410.104, 418.33, kernel 5.0 supported, legacy 390.116, new drivers, nvidia, ok with gcc9 | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – Two New Drivers, OK with 4.14.12-rc1 and 4.15-rc6..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 5, 2018 by RGJanuary 5, 2018

Thanks to zezaocapoeia, for spotting the newly released NVIDIA Beta driver 390.12 ( see http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/128743/en-us )    There is also a new version of the ‘long lived branch’ series – 384.111. I have tested these with Kernel 4.14.12-rc1 and 4.15-rc6, and they both compile and load/run OK.    In this case, NVIDIA has fixed their GPL error with recent … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion | Tagged 384.111, 390.12, beta driver, gpl error fixed, kernel, linux, new drivers, nvidia, ok with 4.14.12rc1, ok with 4.15-rc6 | 4 Replies

NVIDIA – New Drivers, Still Broken with 4.10 – And a Patch for 378.13..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 15, 2017 by RGFebruary 15, 2017

NVIDIA have released new drivers 375.39 (‘long term’) and 378.13 (‘short term’) and details are here:  http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/114708/en-us and http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/115031/en-us. Both still fail to compile with Kernel 4.10 (tested with 4.10-rc8) and I tried the previous 378.09 patch against 379.13, but it failed to apply cleanly, as more code has changed.. $ cat nv-37809-410-patch.patch |patch -p0 patching file … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches, Performance | Tagged 375.39, 378.13, compile fails, kernel 4.10, new drivers, nvidia, patch needs mods, testing | 3 Replies
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