Re: New Nvidia 1.0-7167 driver for Linux x86 released

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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:14:37 -0600, Donn Washburn <n5xwb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Donn Washburn wrote:
> > Roger Skildum wrote:
> >
> >>*I haven't seen it mentioned here yet. Nvidia released the new 7167
> >>driver yesterday.  I have a old TNT2 video card that did not work with
> >>there previous drivers and FC3.  Had to go back to the 6111 driver.  I
> >>installed the 7167 driver today, compiled and ran without error.  Did
> >>not have to do anything special.  Has a much better frame rate than I
> >>had with the 6111 driver.  So far very stable.  some of the improvements
> >>that seem important are:* Improved compatibility with Linux 2.6
> >>kernels,  Fixed NvAGP incompatibility with recent Linux 2.6 kernels,
> >>Improved interaction with the udev filesystem.
> >>
> >
> > Well I reported to them about a failure compiling aginst  kernel
> > 2.6.11 - maybe that is fixed
> > They last version worked on 2.6.10 just fine.
> >
> It is fixed!  2.6.11 is up and so is X.  It seems to have better 3D
> 

I installed and found that it is faster than nv in Xorg.conf
But I just installed in kernel 770 . What should  I do if  I also want
to install the driver in previous kernel?


Wong Kwok Hon


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