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

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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:24:54 +0200, Pasha <e97665728@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wong Kwok-hon wrote:
> 
> >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
> >
> >
> >
> run instaler with -k <kernel-version> option. kernel version should be
> the same as kernel directory in /lib/modules
>

Is that boot to the kernel 740 and type
"NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7167-pkg1.run -k 2.6.10-1.740_FC3" ?

Wong Kwok Hon


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