Monthly Archives: November 2018

NVIDIA – Patch Available for 415.18 – Works OK with Kernel 4.20.

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Thanks to loqs, there is now a viable patch for NVIDIA and Kernel 4.20. I applied the patch to driver 415.18, and tested with Kernel 4.20-rc3, and the driver compiles cleanly, now: ……………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – 415.18 Released – Fixes PM Problem, but Still Fails with Kernel 4.20

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NVIDIA driver 415.18 is out, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/140282/en-us The good news, is that it fixes the problem with kernel power-management (PM), which is no longer required for the driver to compile/load.: ……………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.20-rc3 Released, OK with latest VMware, Still no NVIDIA Fix..

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Kernel 4.20-rc3 is out, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1811.2/01363.html VMware 15.0.1 is still OK, but there is still no solution for NVIDIA.   I posted details of my testing to the NVIDIA Forum over a week ago, but there has been no response, so far.. Robert Gadsdon.  November 18, 2018. … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – 4.20-rc1 Fix? – More Work Needed..

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I created a combo runtime patch for NVIDIA 410.73 on Kernel 4.20-rc1, by combining the changes identified in my previous article ( see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2426 ) with the pm patch (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2421 ). The result ran – eventually – after blanking/refreshing the display, with garbage characters at top/bottom, so all was obviously not OK.. ……………………… [ 121.826292] [drm] … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.20-rc1 Released – OK with VMware, not with NVIDIA, and possible fix?

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Kernel 4.20-rc1 is out, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1811.0/02531.html VMware 15.0 installs OK, but the latest NVIDIA fails.. (410.73 with the pm patch, if needed): …………………… /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73-custom/kernel/nvidia/linux_nvswitch.c:1582:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘time_to_tm’; did you mean ‘time64_to_tm’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] time_to_tm(time_nsec / NVSWITCH_NSEC_PER_SEC, 0, &t); ^~~~~~~~~~ time64_to_tm ………………… I made the change to linux_nvswitch.c, and then: ………………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73-custom/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-gem-nvkms-memory.c:348:11: … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – 410.xx Runtime Segfault – Solved..

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Solved:    After more investigation, reinstalling the Xorg driver fixed the problem..  # dnf reinstall xorg-x11-server-Xorg After successfully patching the NVIDIA 410.73 driver (see previous article), I encountered another problem at runtime, after # startx : ………………………………. [ 145.489] (II) Initializing extension GLX [ 145.489] (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable [ 145.489] (EE) AIGLX: reverting … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – 410.73 PM Gotcha, for Some..

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I just encountered a problem installing the latest NVIDIA driver 410.73 on my ‘Main’ system, having successfully tested it on my ‘Test’ system: …………………… MODPOST 4 modules WARNING: “nv_pmops_suspend” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! WARNING: “nv_pmops_resume” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! WARNING: “nv_pmops_thaw” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! WARNING: “nv_pmops_poweroff” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! WARNING: “nv_pmops_restore” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! WARNING: “nv_pmops_freeze” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! ………………….. It appears that NVIDIA now … Continue reading →