NVIDIA drivers for k2.6.25.16 (puppy 4.1)

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afecelis
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#21 Post by afecelis »

The mirror I had found was this one:
http://puppylinux.igsobe.com/puppylinux/tpp/NOP/
But it now seems to be dead as well.

However, I uploaded a copy to my ftp, so grab it here:
http://files.wildspad.com/afecelis/linu ... .25.16.pet
;)

Regards,
Alvaro

ps. This is the version for modern cards (Geforce 6-9-200)
And here's another screenie, OPenarena (quake 3) ;)
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NVIDIA drivers for k2.6.25.16 (puppy 4.1)

#22 Post by scottie_dog »

Many thanks Alvaro,

Now i've been able to get my onboard nvidia chipset supporting full resolution and 3D. It makes my puppy a complete, lightweight and powerful distro.


Thanks again :D

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#23 Post by afecelis »

Great! :D
I'm very glad it helped. I hope others can benefit and download the driver from the link I posted.

regards,

Alvaro

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#24 Post by sml »

Thanks Alvaro!

I spent about 3 hours last night just trying to download a file!

Hope these problems get fixed soon.

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#25 Post by afecelis »

hehehe, it's really not a problem; Puppy is becoming too popular and it's flooding all servers! :D

regards,

Alvaro

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Anybody have NVIDIA-173.14.12-k2.6.25.16.pet ?

#26 Post by davidv »

Like others, I cannot download

NVIDIA-173.14.12-k2.6.25.16.pet

I get the "Concurrent download limit exceeded" error.

I am trying to build a box that needs NVidia twin view
support urgently for a client, any suggestions where I
can get it?

thanks very much
davidv

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Re: Anybody have NVIDIA-173.14.12-k2.6.25.16.pet ?

#27 Post by sml »

davidv wrote:Like others, I cannot download

NVIDIA-173.14.12-k2.6.25.16.pet
Ummm ... did you read the post about 3 posts higher? One generous person uploaded to a new site for download. Worked for me luckily.

And more good news ... its a newer driver than the one you listed above!

Although I think 177.82 is still outdated now.

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Re: Anybody have NVIDIA-173.14.12-k2.6.25.16.pet ?

#28 Post by davidv »

sml wrote:
davidv wrote:Like others, I cannot download

NVIDIA-173.14.12-k2.6.25.16.pet
Ummm ... did you read the post about 3 posts higher? One generous person uploaded to a new site for download. Worked for me luckily.

And more good news ... its a newer driver than the one you listed above!

Although I think 177.82 is still outdated now.
Thanks sml, as per my response in the other thread, the NVidia drivers come in (at least) 3 different series, each supporting different aged cards. That's why gray has packaged them all up here.

Thanks anyway. I have pm'd gray to see if he can put the 173.14.x pet somewhere else ..

:-)

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Alternate download site

#29 Post by gray »

I have put the Nvidia drivers on an alternate download server.

Try http://download.tuxfamily.org/nop/

. :?:

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#30 Post by davidv »

gray wrote:I have put the Nvidia drivers on an alternate download server.

Try http://download.tuxfamily.org/nop/

. :?:

You legend !
thank you very much gray!
downloading now ..

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#31 Post by sml »

Haha .. I was going to say exactly the same thing!

You're a legend Gray!

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#32 Post by afecelis »

more 3d accelerated stuff; the Puppy compiling and running Irrlicht! Gotta love it! ;)
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Nvidia drivers for k2.6.25.15 (Puppy 4.1)

#33 Post by thegreeneyes »

Hi, great Forum!!

I am newbie with Linux, and I am trying to install the driver for GeForce 7100 Graphics card. The chipset came onboard on XFXforce motherboard 630i.

I am running Intrepid Ibix from hard disk since last weekend. I downloaded the 177 driver Alvaro mentions, and apparently installation is OK. I exit to prompt and run nvidia-xconfig, and later I made a cat of the config file and I saw there are some lines referring to nvidia. Later I ran xwin and came back to my desktop.

I clicked on Menu->System->Nvidia X server settings

and a graphic interface pops up (NVIDIA X Server Settings), and simultaneously another screen pops up saying:

ou do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server.

I repeated the procedure twice and obtained the same results. I rebooted completely in between. Is this the normal behaviour, or this driver is now working fine for my chipset?

Another question I ask you to allow me to post is : how do I connect the HDMI output ?, I mean, shouldn't there be some way to have both screens simultaneously online?, I tried on Ubuntu, and there is a package which allows to control both screens in such a way. But I'd rather use Puppy which I find more userfriendly (although I am not very experienced).

Another one... (the last) is there a way to install the Ubuntu packages in Puppy?, perhaps that could work... I don't have any idea.

Thanks and sorry for asking so many questions.

Vic

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#34 Post by Fishy »

Will these pets work with the 2.6.27 kernel that MU put together? :?:

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#35 Post by MU »

don't think so.
But in Muppy008.4c4 that should be available tomorrow, I could compile the drivers, so they will be included.
I used the original nvidia installer to compile them.
But I don't think the one I compiled for Muppy will work in Puppy (different compiler).
So for Puppy, you had to compile them on your own.
I no longer have access to a computer with modern nvidia card, so I cannot compile it for you, as the installer refuses to compile, if it finds no matching nvidia card.
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#36 Post by Fishy »

Thanks for the quick reply MU, gratefully appreciated. :)

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#37 Post by sketchman »

Fishy, did you ever get your card working with any of the driver .pets? If not, I think I know the problem, as I have the exact same thing happen.

I have an 8600 GTS. I think it's the card's fault. I tried 2 different driver .pets for 4.1 and even went back to Puppy 2.17.1 and tried the ones that gray made for it, which I know worked before. Nothing works now but the standard xorg setup.

I just tested the 177.82xx.pet and it worked fine in another PC with a 6100. Got 1774.xxx FPS out of it in glxgears. So it's something to do with your PC, not the drivers. At least that's what I've concluded with my setup.

Hope that helps.
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#38 Post by MU »

works fine, thanks!
See:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 705#257705

I noted, that
driver "vesa" #card0driver
still is in xorg.conf, it is before
driver "nvidia".
Maybe the script that modifies xorg.conf should slightly be tweaked concerning this.

The card displayed 1600x1200 instead of 1680x1050.
This looked ugly, as the monitor can handle only 1680x1050.
I could solve this with a modeline I found via google:

In
Section "Monitor"
I added:
Modeline "1680x1050" 147.14 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087

Now all is fine.
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#39 Post by MU »

I created small sourcepackages of the KERNEL modules.
So the PETs can be used also with other kernels, if someone compiles the matching kernelmodules.
Then only a very small kernelmodule pet is required in addition.
See:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 106#258106

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#40 Post by Botanic »

what if the NVIDIA installer script freezes when trying to download what he needs from the internet ? :)
is that because i'm on a WLAN? (didn't have this problem with ethernet).
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