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Old 08-11-2013, 06:53 PM   #31
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Since 304.88 is considered legacy, they will only receive security fixes and for new kernel support, i don't really hoped too much for this, but still it's possible if they wanted.
I have little hope too. That means the slackbuilds.org script should be updated to add the patch when the site is updated for 14.1?
 
Old 08-12-2013, 06:49 AM   #32
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That depends on the maintainer if he has the hardware to install slackware 14.1
 
Old 08-12-2013, 06:01 PM   #33
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A new release of 304.108, but no new kernel support added

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Implemented workarounds for two Adobe Flash bugs by applying libvdpau commit ca9e637c61e80145f0625a590c91429db67d0a40 to the version of libvdpau shipped with the NVIDIA driver.
Fixed a bug in nvidia-settings that could cause the wrong resolution to be set in basic mode for setups based on one display per X screen.
Added /usr/lib/modprobe.d to the list of directories where nvidia-installer may optionally install a generated modprobe configuration file to attempt to disable Nouveau.

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Old 08-12-2013, 07:47 PM   #34
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Nvidia produces their Linux drivers in the first place for their workstation users, which mostly run RHEL on their machines. Seeing that RHEL 7 will be based on Fedora 19, which shipped with a 3.9.5 kernel, it is not very likely that there will be an update for newer kernels in the near future for the legacy drivers, unless Red Hat decides to ship a newer kernel.
 
Old 08-13-2013, 02:01 PM   #35
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A new release of 304.108, but no new kernel support added
It does have kernel 3.10 support actually. See: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/t...iver-releases/.
I'm using it now with kernel 3.10.6.

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Old 09-02-2013, 12:32 PM   #36
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How You made it?

The patch not work.

I have Nvidia source 304.88 32-bit driver.
After patching it i got:
ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.

I have current kernel 3.10.9-smp 32-bit

I tried patching several times.
From http://bitc.bme.emory.edu/~lzhou/blogs/?p=379 i downloaded patched files to.

Always error.
I hate Nvidia.
 
Old 09-02-2013, 01:54 PM   #37
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did you install the kernel-source package as well?
i have mine working nicely with 3.10.9
 
Old 09-02-2013, 03:01 PM   #38
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The patch does work, I'm running the blob at the moment on a 3.10 kernel

Code:
$ uname -r
3.10.9-smp
Code:
# lspci -k | grep -A2 VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7300 GT] (rev a2)
	Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device a501
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Anyway, did you try the new release?
http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...86-304.108.run

//edit: Now running 304.108 - kernel module builds ok on 3.10

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Old 09-03-2013, 04:17 AM   #39
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Yes 304.108 works fine.

Thanks!

It's funny so Nvidia.com still recommends 304.88 for GeForce 7 Series on Linux 32-bit.
 
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I have NVidia 304.108 working with Linux Kernel 3.11 (only need one single patch). It's available on my SlackHacks if anyone is interested on building Linux Kernel 3.11
 
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Old 09-03-2013, 10:31 AM   #41
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The above patch also works for nvidia-325.15 on 3.11.

I was planning to stay with 3.10.y this time, but O_TMPFILE looks really useful.
 
Old 09-05-2013, 12:12 PM   #42
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Does the 304.108 release still need a patch for the 3.10.x kernel (which will be the kernel version released with 14.1)?
 
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Does the 304.108 release still need a patch for the 3.10.x kernel (which will be the kernel version released with 14.1)?
See post #35.
 
Old 10-16-2013, 05:14 PM   #44
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I have NVidia 304.108 working with Linux Kernel 3.11 (only need one single patch). It's available if anyone is interested on building Linux Kernel 3.11

I would love to make this work in OpenMandriva 2013 Beta but I keep getting one of 2 results, This if I click on the patch and select to "Save As':

Code:
# chmod a+x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.108.run

# exit
exit

$ ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.108.run --extract-only
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.108                                                                                                                               
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 304.108................................................................................................................................................................

$ cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.108/

NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.108]$ patch -p1 < /home/dwight/Downloads/nvidia-3.11.patch
patch: **** Only garbage was found in the patch input.
And this if I copy and paste the patch to a file:

Code:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.108]$ patch -p1 < /home/dwight/Downloads/nvidia-3.11.patch
patching file kernel/nv-linux.h
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
Hunk #1 FAILED at 957.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file kernel/nv-linux.h.rej
What am I doing wrong? Am I downloading the patch incorrectly?

Edit: Or is this patch only for x86 and I'm using x86_64?

Last edited by dwightpaige79; 10-16-2013 at 05:22 PM. Reason: Edit: New idea.
 
Old 10-16-2013, 06:40 PM   #45
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Use the raw version on my github repository
 
  


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