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304.131 for k4.6
Posted: Fri 27 May 2016, 17:02
by peebee
Here is the patch needed to get nvidia-304.131 to compile on kernel 4.6
Remove false .gz
This is in addition to the kernel 4.3 patch above.
You can download the
patched .run if anybody wants it.
Cheers
peebee
Nvidia driver for Slacko6.0
Posted: Fri 03 Jun 2016, 05:40
by riedzig
Hi peebee,
I can't find the nvidia 304xx driver for
http://lx-pup.weebly.com/slacko60.html
Please let me know if this is available.
btw. unlike any other distros, here the leds Num, Caps and Scroll lock on my keyboard don't light, although the keys work properly. Can this be changed?
Re: Nvidia driver for Slacko6.0
Posted: Fri 03 Jun 2016, 22:58
by peebee
riedzig wrote:Hi peebee,
I can't find the nvidia 304xx driver for
http://lx-pup.weebly.com/slacko60.html
Please let me know if this is available.
btw. unlike any other distros, here the leds Num, Caps and Scroll lock on my keyboard don't light, although the keys work properly. Can this be changed?
I've uploaded to:
http://smokey01.com/peebee/nvidia/nvidi ... e-s630.sfs
Can't answer the keyboard lights query I'm afraid - suggest you post somewhere else on the forum with more details of your computer hardware....
Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:26
by mikegarcia
Hello. Iam new in the linux world, and i need help while installing nvidia drivers.
Kernel - 3.14.20 - PAE
Distribution - tharpup 6.0
Nvidia - Geforce4 440 go 64MB
If possible, i would like to have an already assembled file.
Thanks for the help
Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2016, 20:10
by Burn_IT
I think I have posted about those drivers in the past on Puppy forums.
You can search as well as I can for the posts using my username and "NVIDIA"
Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2016, 21:11
by rufwoof
mikegarcia wrote:Hello. Iam new in the linux world, and i need help while installing nvidia drivers.
Kernel - 3.14.20 - PAE
Distribution - tharpup 6.0
Nvidia - Geforce4 440 go 64MB
If possible, i would like to have an already assembled file.
Thanks for the help
If its not in the "updates" section, there's this
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 726#571726 alternative.
nvidia-kernel-legacy-71xx and 3.14.20 kernel
Posted: Sun 24 Jul 2016, 12:07
by chilidog
I have an old computer (2004 or older) with Geforce256.
I run Tahr6.0.2 happily, but with vesa.
With Wary I can install the proper Invidia driver, legacy-71xx, but with Tahr I cannot because of the newer kernel.
In the package for legacy-71xx in debian wheezy there are patches for this. I haven't tried them: it would be a 'tour de force' for me.
There is also a warning there that "this driver only works with xserver 1.4" and Tahr has xorg 1.15!
Is it worth trying the patches from debian? Could it still work?
If so, did anyone by chance try this before?
Posted: Sat 06 Aug 2016, 17:21
by bigpup
Making graphics drivers does not like me.
Anyone make any Nvidia drivers for Xenialpup 7.0.1?
I need the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.39 driver.
I downloaded the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.39.run package from Nvidia web site.
I have loaded the devx and kernel sfs, but I keep getting errors when making the driver.
Posted: Sat 06 Aug 2016, 19:36
by version2013
bigpup wrote:Making graphics drivers does not like me.
Anyone make any Nvidia drivers for Xenialpup 7.0.1?
I need the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.39 driver.
I downloaded the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.39.run package from Nvidia web site.
I have loaded the devx and kernel sfs, but I keep getting errors when making the driver.
What kind of errors are you getting?
Posted: Sun 07 Aug 2016, 10:58
by bigpup
/usr/src/linux/scripts/Makefile.build:258: recipe for target '/tmp/selfgz267
3/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.39-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o' failed
make[4]: *** [/tmp/selfgz2673/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.39-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.
o] Error 1
/usr/src/linux/Makefile
recipe for target '_module_/tmp/selfgz2673/NVI
DIA-Linux-x86-173.14.39-pkg1/usr/src/nv' failed
make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz2673/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.39-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv] Error 2
Makefile:146: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
Makefile:239: recipe for target 'module' failed
make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
makefile:54: recipe for target 'module' failed
make: *** [module] Error 2
-> Error.
Posted: Thu 11 Aug 2016, 17:23
by version2013
Posted: Fri 12 Aug 2016, 04:50
by bigpup
version2013,
Thanks for looking into this!
This Nvidia driver is getting very old and it was the last one to support my hardware. No newer Nvidia driver will work.
Xenialpup 7.0.1 still works using the Nouveau driver with my hardware.
My computer specs are at the bottom of the list of supported hardware for Xenialpup 7.0.1.
I was just hoping I could still get an actual Nvidia driver to still work and give full feature support to my graphics hardware.
Tahrpup still lets me use a Nvidia driver, so Puppy is never dead on this computer.
Posted: Mon 19 Sep 2016, 15:59
by Argolance
Bonjour,
I have being trying to download pet or sfs files directly from
http://shinobar.server-on.net/puppy/opt/ or using some links of Forum threads pointing to. Files
(even big ones!) are very quickly downloaded
but absolutely unusable/not installable. I just get empty files
What's wrong?
[SOLVED]: 
See this post. Thanks shinobar.
Cordialement.
ppm nvidia driver
Posted: Thu 22 Sep 2016, 02:53
by Lassar
I really don't get the problem with nvidia drivers.
I am using tarhpup 6.05 64 bit.
I had used linux mint 18 addition drivers program, and it showed me 2 nvidia drivers for my pc.
I used the puppy package manager to find these drivers on ubuntu.
Tried them and found one, that works real good on my pc.
So what is the big deal about using nvidia drivers.
Posted: Fri 23 Sep 2016, 13:35
by Argolance
Bonjour,
Lassar wrote:So what is the big deal about using nvidia drivers.
For example, you need full feature support to your graphics hardware if you want to make "Blender" run/work. Using the simple "nouveau" driver coming with some Puppies, it will not work at all...
Now, I would like to compile nvidia drivers while running xenialpup
(xenial-7.0.3.iso).
I tried but it fails though the getnvidia GUI says all is OK!
Loaded sfs files:
- - devx_xenial_7.0.3
- kernel_sources-4.1.30-xenial_PAE.sfs
- NVIDIA-Linux-x86-340.96.run
Cordialement.
File server restarted
Posted: Sat 24 Sep 2016, 08:02
by shinobar
The file server is restarted at 2016-09-24 7:50 GMT.
http://shino.pos.to/party/bridge.cgi?puppy/opt/
Sorry for your inconvenience.
legacy71xx and tahr
Posted: Mon 26 Sep 2016, 14:05
by foxpup
Hi, anyone who succeeded in compiling legacy71xx driver (old old old!) on tahr6.0.2 (kernel 3.14.20). It certainly needs patches.
AND have it running (possibly will not run on newer Xorg?)?
304.132
Posted: Tue 27 Sep 2016, 06:27
by peebee
Legacy driver .run file 304.132
has been released.....
later - compiles under kernel 4.7.5 but does not load - looks like mtrr patch for kernels > 4.3 has not been applied!!
nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0)
nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0)
even later - I've managed to apply the mtrr patches to the 304.132.run but getnvidia then throws a wobbly and won't build the sfs - however installing the .run directly does create and install a working driver....
Posted: Wed 28 Sep 2016, 10:19
by peebee
and even later
lessons learnt: there must not be a space in the path to the .run file otherwise getnvidia fails....
The following items in getnvidia-1.0.pet are now out of date:
/usr/bin/nvidia-installer (vintage 2013 - copied new version from 304.132 .run extract)
/usr/share/getnvidia/nvidia-glx.files (directory X11R7 no longer exists - change to /usr/lib/xorg/)
I've uploaded the patched .run to:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lxpup/ ... n/download
The patch applied is:
Code: Select all
--- kernel/nv-linux.h
+++ kernel/nv-linux.h
@@ -256,6 +256,15 @@
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#endif
+/*
+ * As of version 304.131, os-agp.c and os-mtrr.c still use deprecated
+ * kernel APIs for mtrr which are no longer exported since 4.3, causing
+ * the module to error out when loaded.
+ */
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4,3,0)
+#undef CONFIG_MTRR
+#endif
+
#if !defined(NV_VMWARE) && defined(CONFIG_MTRR)
#include <asm/mtrr.h>
#endif
Posted: Thu 15 Dec 2016, 17:12
by peebee
Drivers 304.134 (Xorg-1.19 compatible) have been released by nvidia
Also 340.101
mtrr patch is still needed to make a loadable driver for Puppy.....
Patched .run file (32-bit):
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lxpup/ ... n/download
recipe for target '_module_/tmp/selfgz2673/NVI