William Kenworthy wrote: > 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 > >
Well at least you have links for next time. lol Dale :-) :-)
