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 article ( https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2056 ), and still suffers from the GPL issue: ……… Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST … Continue reading →
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 issues.. There is a patch available, and details are here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1002820/linux/-patch-381-09-kernel-4-11-rc5/ Robert Gadsdon. April 6, 2017.
Continue reading →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 blame.. Robert Gadsdon. December 14, 2016.
Continue reading →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: https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1788). Tested with 4.8-rc2: ………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.23-patched/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.23-patched/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-370.23-patched/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] … Continue reading →
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.
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