NVIDIA have just released driver version 610.57.04, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/274513/ This now works OK with Kernel 7.2 – tested with 7.2-rc6.. The install on my system (Fedora 44) took longer to run than normal, but eventually completed successfully.. Robert Gadsdon August 3rd 2026..
Continue reading →NVIDIA have released an updated driver 610.43.03, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/274183 This still fails to compile with Kernel 7.2-rc2, but the existing fix still applies ( see https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3479 ) for details and link.. Robert Gadsdon. July 7th 2026..
Continue reading →The latest NVIDIA driver 595.71.05 has been released, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/267223/ This version fixes the compile problem with Kernel 7.1 (tested with 7.1-rc2): …………………….. ld -r -o nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST Module.symvers CC [M] nvidia.mod.o CC [M] .module-common.o LD [M] nvidia.ko CC [M] nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] nvidia-uvm.ko CC [M] nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released the latest version of the GTX-friendly 580.XX drivers – 580.126.18 – and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/264090/ This supposed to fix problems compiling with Kernel 6.19 – but the previous version – 580.126.09 – worked OK on my system with Kernel 6.19.0.. It is possible that this release may fix issues with Distro-supplied kernels? BTW, … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have just released a new version of the 580.xx driver – 580.126.09 – and details etc. are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/261243/ This now compiles/loads/runs OK with Kernel 6.19 (tested with 6.19-rc5): ……………………. CC [M] .module-common.o LD [M] nvidia.ko CC [M] nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] nvidia-uvm.ko CC [M] nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] … Continue reading →
This is a summary of the changes I made to the NVIDIA proprietary ‘kernel’ code to get driver 580.119.02 working with Kernel 6.19-rc3.. This is a hack, and is not made by a professional, so use at your own risk, and do not use in a business-critical environment! As mentioned in the previous article, I have tested … Continue reading →
After (still..) waiting for an updated version of the NVIDIA 580.xx drivers, I decided to do some more investigation of the GPL-only fail after my hack of the ‘proprietary’ branch of driver 580.119.02.. I soon found that the “… GPL-incompatible module nvidia.ko uses GPL-only symbol ‘__vma_start_write’ ..” issue had first occurred with Kernel 6.15, so (once again) … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have just release driver version 590.48.01, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/259042/ This compiles/loads/runs successfully with Kernel 6.19 (tested with 6.19-RC1): ……………………. CC [M] nvidia.mod.o CC [M] .module-common.o LD [M] nvidia.ko CC [M] nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] nvidia-uvm.ko CC [M] nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] nvidia-peermem.mod.o LD [M] nvidia-peermem.ko make[2]: Leaving … Continue reading →
Nasty Hack Time… This is a summary of the changes I made to the NVIDIA ‘kernel-open‘ MIT/GPL code to get driver 580.119.02 working with Kernel 6.19-rc1.. This is a hack, and is not made by a professional, so use at your own risk, and do not use in a business-critical environment! As mentioned in the previous article, … Continue reading →
The latest NVIDIA drivers failed with Kernel 6.19-rc1, as detailed in an earlier post, and after some more research I was able to work out a hack to fix this, and in the process discovered a bit of a surprise.. I managed to get the NVIDIA-proprietary code for 580.119.02 to compile successfully, but then: ………………………… ERROR: modpost: … Continue reading →