Kernel 4.4.172 on Slack64 and Nvidia

enorbet · 02-19-2019, 06:44 PM

Oh yeah Slackware Community r0x!

theCapitain · 02-28-2019, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by enorbet

If you don't do 3D Gaming and insist on keeping a lower level, 5-6 year old card it is probably wise to use nouveau. This may depend on which of 3 chipsets it has, the newer Maxwell, the older Fermi, and the even older Kepler designs, but it will work.

However if for whatever reason you have installed the proprietary driver and enjoyed some improved function why not just stick with a kernel that worked with it? If the card is embedded then all the other chipsets are equally old and shouldn't be hard pressed for a kernel upgrade.

Hello, I have a quadro 2000 graphic card (driver 390), pretty expensive, I'll give a try to nouveau, but after having removed the nouveau-blacklist package I'm still unable to run any graphic application:

Code:

bash-4.3# glxinfo
name of display: :0
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig

I have no idea how. I'll be very grateful If someone will please give me some hints.

I like also enorbet second option, but I’m unable to find the old 4.4.157 kernel packages, they are no more available on the repositories. Anybody know where I might be able to find them?

Thanks

enorbet · 03-01-2019, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by theCapitain

Hello, I have a quadro 2000 graphic card (driver 390), pretty expensive, I'll give a try to nouveau, but after having removed the nouveau-blacklist package I'm still unable to run any graphic application:

Code:

bash-4.3# glxinfo
name of display: :0
Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig

I have no idea how. I'll be very grateful If someone will please give me some hints.

I wish I could help you here but I don't use nouveau for more than a few minutes initially until I install nVidia's proprietary driver. I know nothing about "fbconfig". I can only venture a guess that on a system where nVidia's driver has been installed, which replaces many GLX libraries, one might have to revert to stock GL and Mesa packages. I have an old Quadro (by no means a low-level GPU) in my ancient Core 2 Duo Thinkpad, but like you I use the nVidia 390 series driver, though unlike you, I do some 3D work on it so I don't mess with Nouveau even there.

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Originally Posted by theCapitain

I like also enorbet second option, but I’m unable to find the old 4.4.157 kernel packages, they are no more available on the repositories. Anybody know where I might be able to find them?

Thanks

If you don't still have the original install media or backups, the only suggestion I can offer is to simply download the kernel source, run "make oldconfig" and build it. Even if you've never built a custom kernel ever before it shouldn't take more than an afternoon. Maybe someone else has a repository but gaining the freedom to choose whatever kernel you fancy is quite liberating and useful.

1337_powerslacker · 03-01-2019, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by enorbet

...but gaining the freedom to choose whatever kernel you fancy is quite liberating and useful.

I would add that being able to customize the kernel however you want, with out-of-tree patches and the like, is exhilarating; a freedom that other distros don't afford because of their focus on keeping things simple for the average user.

theCapitain · 03-03-2019, 12:24 PM

Done!
Well, not the Kernel build (not brave enough), but I've patched the driver as explained bi Mr FlinchX few posts before.

FlinchX · 03-03-2019, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by theCapitain

Done!
Well, not the Kernel build (not brave enough), but I've patched the driver as explained bi Mr FlinchX few posts before.

SBo has a new version for legacy390 that works without any patching now.

rob.rice · 03-03-2019, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeebizz

I found a different solution - but it is rather dumb and I do not recommend it. I just said fsck it and installed the kernel from -current - NVIDIA complained about gcc being an older version but I ignored it and forced it to compile, and well it worked.

on 14.2
I updated all the updates from December 2018 it over wrote
NVIDA's opengl Xorg module when I went to rebuild it birched about the different gcc version than the kernel was built
so I rebuilt the kernel with the updated gcc version Then I rebuilt the driver
works fine now

kingbeowulf · 03-03-2019, 04:14 PM

@enorbet
Sometimes uninstalling nvidia-driver, whether from *.run script or SBo, will leave a few symlinks dangling. After removing nouveau blacklist, I would reinstall Mesa and xorg-server to see if that resolves the issue. Also, 'ldd /usr/bin/glxgears' and 'glxinfo' may provide additional clues.

enorbet · 03-03-2019, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kingbeowulf

@enorbet
Sometimes uninstalling nvidia-driver, whether from *.run script or SBo, will leave a few symlinks dangling. After removing nouveau blacklist, I would reinstall Mesa and xorg-server to see if that resolves the issue. Also, 'ldd /usr/bin/glxgears' and 'glxinfo' may provide additional clues.

You are probably correct. I wouldn't know since I have never uninstalled an nVidia driver excepting letting a newer driver do that for me. I have OTOH upgraded Mesa and GL libraries and then reinstalled the nvidia driver for it to remove and replace whatever it needs to and that works quite well.

dimm0k · 04-05-2019, 09:22 PM

is there a patch out for the 384.90 NVIDIA drivers and the new kernels? unfortunately I can't go to a higher driver version unless I want the audio from my DVI connected monitor to stop working and/or replace it, both of which are not feasible for me at the moment.