* Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> [03-08-20 21:16]:
On 06/03/2020 01.06, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 03/04/2020 07:10 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
tks much. patch worked fine for me, currently running kernel-default-5.5.6-1.1.x86_64 at 1920x1080
my working patched 390.132 is available at: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/~paka/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.132-custom.run
Great work Patrick. It is always frustrating having to manage software for something as basic as your Nvidia card on a kernel version change. The GeForce 4XX series is a damn good series of card with plenty of life left. (all anyone not a gamer would ever need).
This exemplifies one of the shortcomings of the closed source relationships with open-source. Just because the card companies want to sell more of their latest cards, doesn't mean every user is willing (or has the spare $1k) to go drop on what is an unnecessary expense to them.
When the closed source manfs don't update drivers when kernel versions change, that gives open-source a black-eye. "My XYZ card I got 4 years ago isn't supported anymore?" is most users take-away (along with, "I can still get the driver for windows")
While patching and building as Patrick did isn't all that difficult for experienced users, if we are honest, that's is probably less than 1% of Linux community. To someone that is just trying to use Linux as a desktop -- asking them to patch and rebuild to support a kernel version change -- is like asking them to sit for an exam in differential equations. (producing the same doe-in-the-headlights look)
Which is why I'm building my new machine with AMD hardware.
good luck with that! -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org