kernel 2.6.9 and the nvidia video driver

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 22:40:41 +0200, Klaus-Peter Schrage
<kpschrage at gmx.de> wrote:
> Ken Moffat wrote:
> > Net Llama! wrote:
> 
> >> You're doing better than I am.  I've *never* been able to use the
> >> nvidia driver with any 2.6.x kernel version.  My GeForce4 MX 440 AGP
> >> 8x always works for about 5 seconds, and then X locks up, and there's
> >> a PCI bus error in the log.  The x.org driver works flawlessly.
> 
> > fyi:
> > I'm running debian versions/offshoots (debian 3.0, ubuntu, mepis) and I
> > have had no problem installing the nvidia drivers from .debs,. The
> > kernel is 2.6.8.1 in ubuntu, and 2.6.7 in the others, I believe.
> 
> I had no problems with the nvidia driver up to kernel 2.6.8
> (Vidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400])
> This seems to be a 2.6.9 issue.

Yes, every 2.6.?.? or so, nvidia drops behind the curve of kernel
development, but they do seem to make an honest effort to keep up,
unlike ATI.


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