On Saturday 04 December 2004 21:51, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Saturday 04 December 2004 18:32, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > > On December 3, 2004 03:09, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > On Friday 03 December 2004 09:30, you wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > > > I have a page on installing the nvidia driver here > > > > > http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/nvidia.html > > > > > At the moment there is a bug in the Nvidia driver which requires > > > > > you to modify > > > > > it before it works with Mandrake 10.1 I think this bug is still > > > > > present. I > > > > > am sure someone will correct me if it is no longer around. > > > > > > > > > > Good luck > > > > > > > > > > derek > > > > ... > > > > Derek, > > > > I just bought a slightly newer computer (PIII-533), and it happens to > > have a video card that NVidia claims is supported by their latest driver, > > a Riva TNT2 64, so I decided to try the "nvidia" driver. I have been > > using the "nv" driver, which works fine except for lack of 3D > > acceleration (tuxkart gives me about 1 frame every 3 seconds). > > > > I downloaded the latest driver from the NVidia site. This is 1.0-6629, > > whereas your page refers to 1.0-6111. But I followed your instructions > > anyway, in case the bug you mentioned was still there. But in > > usr/src/nv/nv.c, it appears that PM_SAVE_STATE has already been changed > > to PM_SUSPEND_MEM (I can find the latter string but not the former), so I > > guess the bug is fixed. > > > > It compiled and installed without any errors. Only a warning about the > > kernel being built with "rivafb" as a module, and that this module > > conflicts with > > Thanks for that info Ron. I'll retire that page now the info is out of > date. > > derek
Hmm.. I tried out the new 6629 version of the Nvidia driver today. It compiles OK, but when it starts the splash screen does not go away. I had to revert to the 6111 driver again. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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