NVIDIA have released driver 319.82, and now 331.38, and they install OK on kernel 3.12, but – unfortunately – still need the patch for kernel 3.13, despite the fact that 3.13 Final is due in about a week from now.. modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘nvidia’: Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) make[1]: *** [package-install] … Continue reading →
3.13-rc8 is out, and 3.13 Final should be out in about a weeks time – or so.. Changes are here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg568052.html Same comments apply for VMware and NVIDIA drivers on x86_64 as for -rc7, and the DreamPlug (armv5tel) still gives the usual batch of mvsdio f1090000.mvsdio: unhandled interrupt status=0x0810 en=0x0100 pio=0 errors on boot, but otherwise runs … Continue reading →
Although the latest NVIDIA drivers compile OK on kernel 3.13-rc1, they do not load/run correctly, and may only give low-res output… The same problem exists with the newest version just released – 319.76.. nvidia: Unknown symbol acpi_os_wait_events_complete (err 0) There is a fix available, in this thread from DevZone: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/644906/331-20-on-3-13-rc1-kernel/ – but note the logic correction mentioned … Continue reading →
There has been some speculation about the ‘Unified Memory’ module found in the latest drivers, but details are somewhat sparse.. From the product Release Highlights: ……….. ”Added nvidia-uvm.ko, the NVIDIA Unified Memory kernel module, to the NVIDIA Linux driver package. This kernel module provides support for the new Unified Memory feature in an upcoming CUDA release.” More … Continue reading →
After considerable delays, NVIDIA have finally released up-to-date drivers that support 3.11 and 3.12 kernels, without the need for patches.. I have tested 319.72 and 331.20, and both compile OK, on kernels 3.11 and 3.12.. Hopefully NVIDIA will be able to maintain their Linux driver/kernel compatibility, after this uncharacteristic lapse.. Robert Gadsdon November 6, 2013.
Continue reading →Opinion: I don’t usually write pure ‘op/ed’ pieces, but this situation – I think – warrants further comment… I am becoming concerned at the apparent inability of NVIDIA to adequately support Linux.. In the past, the company was able to very quickly produce a driver version that supported the latest changes to the Linux kernel, but not … Continue reading →
As we seem to be stuck for some time with NVIDIA drivers incompatible with the latest kernels, patching seems to be more of a necessity, now. Thanks to a comment from Giordano, I have learned of a way to ‘automatically’ patch any NVIDIAxxxxxx.run file directly, and re-create a corresponding NVIDIAxxxxxx.run file which includes the patch.. The help … Continue reading →
It seemed there was no ‘legal’ way to fix the problem with NVIDIA driver compilation on Kernel 3.12-rc, but now – unusually – there is a kernel patch to fix this: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/acpi/scan.c?id=6585925b62fa4dd2f4aecf634b0f8956577aa981 Thanks to conky_vs_julian (on the NVIDIA Devtalk forum) for this info. More details – including a link to a 3.12 patch for NVIDIA drivers – … Continue reading →
Linux Kernel 3.11 has – finally – been released.. Just missing the 22nd anniversary of Linux, and the anniversary of the release of Windows version 3.11 (‘Windows for Workgroups’) As with the -rc versions mentioned in earlier articles, VMware 9.02 – with the 3.10 patches for vmnet and vmblock plus the additional 3.11 patch for vmblock, and … Continue reading →
Kernel 3.11-rc7 was recently released, exactly 22 years after the very first version of Linux.. Unusually, the release message from Linus was not on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) but on Google+ https://plus.google.com/+Linux/posts/f96weYxzEu1 As with previous -rc’s, the patched VMware 9.02 and NVIDIA 325.15 drivers compile OK.. (See earlier posts for links to the various patches..) … Continue reading →