Re: Kernel 2.6.23.1 and nvidia drivers

The Doctor wrote:

Hi all,

I'm using openSuSE 10.3 x86_64 on an Athlon FX-74 system with 4GB RAM and
a Geforce 7800 graphics card.

Today I used Smart to update the kernel from 2.6.22.5 to 2.6.23.1 and
rebooted, aware that I would need to reinstall the binary Nvidia drivers
from the Nvidia website.

However, all did not go well and I tried installing two older drivers
(9631 and 9755) just to see if I got the same result. The result of my
most recent effort is shown below.

I've now rolled back to the 2.6.22.9 kernel from the openSuSE repository
which ironically comes with a driver module for Nvidia!

Can anyone suggest what the problem might be? I'd like to upgrade to the
newer kernel at some point and don't mind installing the binary Nvidia
driver.
<snip>
did you upgrade the kernel source?
also, there is an issue with the Nvidia older drivers and the newest kernels
and a parameter (can't remember what) need to be passed to use them


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