* David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> [01-01-70 12:34]:
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)
There is a whole lot of work involved in keeping a system current with upstream -- (as the devs will attest) and that often goes unnoticed and unrealized by a majority of users -- until something with a closed-source package like this occurs.
It's not like Linux 5.5 is new, and to not have a working driver build without needing to patch-and-build is a bit remarkable.
Thanks again Patrick, I have several 460 and 560 cards in boxes, this helps.
amazing the number of downloads since I provided the driver, 4G and counting, and while I really do not care, you are the only one who expressed appreciation. tks -- (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