On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 03:06 -0600, Dale wrote: > Bill Kenworthy wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 01:13 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > >> On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:46:15 -0600, Roy Wright wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Was at xorg-server-1.6.3 and current sync tried to upgrade to 1.7.1, > >>> which failed to compile. In researching on b.g.o., discovered that > >>> nvidia has not released a driver yet that will work with 1.7.1, so > >>> followed the bug report directions and masked out several packages to > >>> prevent 1.7.1 upgrading. > >>> > >> I have had xorg-server-1.7.1 and nvidia-drivers-190.42-r[23], working > >> together since Nov 3rd, with no masking or keywording, although this is > >> on ~amd64. For a while the newer xorg was blocked but as soon as the > >> newer nvidia-drivers hit portage, everything upgraded without a hitch. > >> > >> > > I am just in the process of updating a machine stored for over a year - > > relatively straight forward except its taking awhile as expected. It > > has an old TNT nvidia card that needs the older drivers (169 something > > with 2.6.21 is working on it at the moment - I upgraded to 2.6.31 and > > belatedly remembered this Achilles heal for nvidia stuff :) > > > > Are the older nvidia drivers locked to older kernels? If so, is there a > > map that tells what driver version is usable with which kernels? > > > > BillK > > > > > > I have a older card to, FX-5200, and sometimes finding the driver that > works is a trial and error process. Right now I'm using 173.14.20 but a > couple months ago I was using a older kernel and had to use a older > version that was no longer in portage, still in the 173 series tho. If > you have the latest stable kernel, then the latest stable nvidia driver > in your series should work. If not, back up a version and try it. If > it doesn't work just keep backing up until one works. > > You may be able to search the nvidia website to fine the correct drivers > for your model but I don't know if they have one for kernel version. > Just think of it this way, the older the kernel then the older the > driver version. The newer the kernel, the newer the driver should be. > > All that said, I think this is yours: > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_71.86.11.html > > If not, try this: > > http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us > > Like me, you have to select legacy in the first menu. > > I would try nvidia-drivers-71.86.11 first and if that doesn't work, try > nvidia-drivers-71.86.09 next. Once you get a working driver, mask the > others so it will stick to it until you upgrade your kernel and start > this process over again. > > Hope that helps. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Decided to sidestep the issue - the nv driver works fine (no multimedia etc needed). This was to be a temporary desktop while waiting for parts for a dead HD in the laptop, but I found it (much) faster to add x, oo etc to a core2 duo server instead of trying to bring the old machine up to date. Will still complete it as you cant have too many backup systems ... as my luck of late has proved :( BillK
