Re: nVidia binary on 2.6.26 [was: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid]

Mark Allums wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
On 08/05/08 15:53, David Witbrodt wrote:



----- Original Message ----
From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx>

My big problems now are:
a) nvidia binary driver doesn't build on .26 (which I need for other
reasons),

Sorry to hear that. I've been using the beta 177.13 driver for
quite a while now. I built a custom 2.6.26 kernel for my desktop
on Saturday, and nvidia 177.13 runs on it very nicely. In fact,
when I moved to 177.13 from the stable series, everything seemed to
move noticeably faster... I was very impressed and satisfied with
the results!

Good to know. It's 173.14.05 (the latest stable) that doesn't build with .26.

Where is the beta? Stable is at:
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86



In fact, the latest stable nvidia nonfree driver is 173.14.12.

Do not go to the ftp site, go to

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

I am currently using 173.14.09 on a custom 2.6.25-7 Debian kernel with no issues.

Let me add that that is the US English driver, there are also international drivers available, you can start at:

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

to find them.

These are *not* the Debian drivers!


Mark Allums


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