{"id":1852,"date":"2016-11-18T19:53:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T19:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2016-11-18T19:53:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T19:53:48","slug":"nvidia-new-driver-ok-with-kernel-4-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=1852","title":{"rendered":"NVIDIA &#8211; New Driver &#8211; OK with Kernel 4.9.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just tested the latest NVIDIA driver &#8211; <strong>375.20<\/strong> &#8211; and it compiles cleanly with Kernel 4.9-rc5:<\/p>\n<pre><strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"> ....................................<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\">Building modules, stage 2.<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"> MODPOST 4 modules<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"> CC \/home\/rgadsdon\/kernel\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20\/kernel\/nvidia-drm.mod.o<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"> LD [M] \/home\/rgadsdon\/kernel\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20\/kernel\/nvidia-drm.ko<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"> CC \/home\/rgadsdon\/kernel\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20\/kernel\/nvidia-modeset.mod.o<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"> LD [M] \/home\/rgadsdon\/kernel\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20\/kernel\/nvidia-modeset.ko<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"> CC \/home\/rgadsdon\/kernel\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20\/kernel\/nvidia-uvm.mod.o<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"> LD [M] \/home\/rgadsdon\/kernel\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20\/kernel\/nvidia-uvm.ko<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"> CC \/home\/rgadsdon\/kernel\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20\/kernel\/nvidia.mod.o<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\"> LD [M] \/home\/rgadsdon\/kernel\/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20\/kernel\/nvidia.ko<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\">make[2]: Leaving directory '\/usr\/src\/linux-4.9-rc5'<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: courier new,courier;\">make[1]: Leaving directory '\/usr\/src\/linux-4.9-rc5'<\/span><\/strong><\/pre>\n<p>Apart from Kernel 4.9 support, the driver is now compatible with the latest Xorg server &#8211; 1.19 &#8211; which removes the need for the &#8216;<em>Xorg downgrade workaround<\/em>&#8216; with Fedora 25.<\/p>\n<p>More details of the new driver are here:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/download\/driverResults.aspx\/111596\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/download\/driverResults.aspx\/111596\/en-us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Robert Gadsdon.\u00a0 November 18, 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just tested the latest NVIDIA driver &#8211; 375.20 &#8211; and it compiles cleanly with Kernel 4.9-rc5: &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; Building modules, stage 2. 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