For adventurous Slackers who are trying the just-released 4.6, and own NVIDIA hardware may have come up against a small problem: namely, that the driver won't install. I did some Googling, and came up with a solution. Save the attached file to the directory where your NVIDIA driver .run file is located (Remember to rename the file!) Run the following command:

This will extract the contents without running the installer.

Then, of course, run the nvidia-installer utility, like so:

It should install without a hitch.

Happy Slacking!

Regards,

Matt

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Good to know!
Many Thanks!

You're welcome!

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Many many thanks.

I actually might need this in the future as I do HPC with the Nvidia GTX Titan X.

Hi!

There is any patch for NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.131 with kernel 4.4.10 without patching the kernel itself?

I tried to patch and compile the kernel but I got "VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block". I tried a lot of kernel=/dev/(something) but nothing work for me.

Thanks in advance

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If you mean 32bit Slackware

You need to rebuilt your kernel using this mtrr.patch in order to build NVidia 304.131

go to /usr/src/linux-4.4.10
patch -p1 < /path/to/mtrr.patch
cp /boot/config-huge-4.4.10 .config
make oldconfig
make bzImage
cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-huge-4.4.10
/sbin/lilo -v
reboot

After that, you can reinstall NVidia driver again.

Fixed it for me.

You can patch any of the kernels I would guess. Like the SMP or whatever just make sure you use the one you need.

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Thanks for the answer.

I already did all of that but with a simple difference. I used config-generic-smp-4.4.1-smp (on previous kernel) as config. Can that cause my error at boot?

I get that instructions from SlackHacks git repo of Willy Sudiarto Raharjo.

As soon as I can, I will try with config-huge-4.4.10.

Thanks a lot

Yes that would cause it to not work.

You're welcome. I thought running the 4.6 kernel an important upgrade since, according to this article, it includes some important security features. I have a somewhat paranoid attitude regarding security on my system; the simplicity of Slackware makes manual patching against security vulnerabilities, when not in -current, a relatively painless process, including unofficial kernel upgrades. Of course, it does help that Pat puts the config file in /testing.

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Thanks, that works like a charm.

FYI... The 367.18-betas are available now:

http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/102879

Check and see if they build against kernel 4.6.

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Indeed they do. I knew NVIDIA wouldn't be long in coming out with new drivers to fix the issue; it is part of the reason I switched camps.

Regards,

Matt

prboom does not work correctly with new 367.18 : I get a black screen and need to kill X.

I have had a problem with disappearing wallpaper when using the 367.18 driver.

Strange. I have had no such issues running the new driver. Perhaps it has something to do with your particular hardware setups?