Re: 2.6.10 and nvidia drivers

From: jayachandran kamaraj (jc_at_jaya.homelinux.org)
Date: 03/13/05

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    lobotomy wrote:
    > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 05:29:12 +0000, Michael Perry wrote:
    >
    >
    >>I setup a new system running debian unstable and took it to 2.6.9
    >>initially. I had this probably somewhat and maybe well documented
    >>problem of getting X to actually start without immediately fading away
    >>and I've read a lot of reports online about this. Basic question, is
    >>2.6.10 better with the latest nvidia drivers? I'm using the binary run
    >>package (not the debian packages) since I enjoy keeping my life
    >>moderately difficult :)
    >>
    >>I have my primary desktop that is running 2.6.7 now and I have no "beef"
    >>about it. It seems to work exceedingly well with everything I toss at
    >>it.
    >>
    >>Comments about the binary nvidia drivers and 2.6.10?
    >
    >
    > No, its actually worse, because they changed the names of some PCI
    > functions in 2.6.10. If you don't want to mess with patches to the
    > driver/kernel, you should at least upgrade to 2.6.8.1, which is the last
    > release that doesn't need a patch.
    >
    > However if you want to use 2.6.10, some patches to try can be found at:
    >
    > (for 6629 nvidia driver)
    > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0412.2/0422.html
    > http://ngc891.blogdns.net/index.php?2004/11/15/34-kernel-2610-rc2
    >
    > (for 6111 driver - site is down right now, but was up a couple days ago)
    > http://ngc891.blogdns.net/index.php?2004/10/22/20-linux-269-bk6-breaks-nvidia-driver-again
    i didn't have any problem at all, except i was slow to understand the
    udev. otherwise it is just one more upgrade in the kernel. AFAIK 2.6.10
    and nvidia 6629 are working well together.
    jc

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