[opensuse] Nvidia repos
Hi All I'm stuck with a nvidia FX5500 board. The driver version i have installed is 173.14.18.... but according to Nvidia site, the latest version is 173.18.20... I've configured Yast to use repo http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1, anyone know if the repo is up to date as yast doesn't want to update my installed version. The current driver version is slow especially logging out and i cant use desktop effects without it borking. regards Ian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:52 PM, ianseeks
I'm stuck with a nvidia FX5500 board. The driver version i have installed is 173.14.18.... but according to Nvidia site, the latest version is 173.18.20... I've configured Yast to use repo http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1, anyone know if the repo is up to date as yast doesn't want to update my installed version.
According to: ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1/i586/ The one you have is the most recent one available in the YaST repository. Here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.20.html They show 173.14.20. So, evidently they are behind on getting the pacakges built. You could try installing the driver from there, but I would remove the YaST repo and the installed package before I tried.
The current driver version is slow especially logging out and i cant use desktop effects without it borking.
Here's the fixes: Linux Display Driver - x86 Version: 173.14.20 Operating System: Linux x86 Release Date: July 01, 2009 Release Highlights * Fixed miscellaneous nvidia-installer bugs. * Updated nvidia-bug-report.sh to automatically compress its log file; running `nvidia-bug-report.sh` now produces "nvidia-bug-report.log.gz". * Fixed a bug that could cause nvidia-settings to generate invalid ~/.nvidia-settings-rc files. * Fixed an nvidia-settings crash when xorg.conf contains Device and Screen sections but no ServerLayout section. * Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels. Good luck -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 21 Jul 2009 03:10:43 Larry Stotler wrote:
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:52 PM, ianseeks
wrote: I'm stuck with a nvidia FX5500 board. The driver version i have installed is 173.14.18.... but according to Nvidia site, the latest version is 173.18.20... I've configured Yast to use repo http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1, anyone know if the repo is up to date as yast doesn't want to update my installed version.
According to:
ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1/i586/
The one you have is the most recent one available in the YaST repository.
Here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.20.html
They show 173.14.20. So, evidently they are behind on getting the pacakges built. You could try installing the driver from there, but I would remove the YaST repo and the installed package before I tried.
The current driver version is slow especially logging out and i cant use desktop effects without it borking.
Here's the fixes:
Linux Display Driver - x86
Version: 173.14.20 Operating System: Linux x86 Release Date: July 01, 2009
Release Highlights
* Fixed miscellaneous nvidia-installer bugs. * Updated nvidia-bug-report.sh to automatically compress its log file; running `nvidia-bug-report.sh` now produces "nvidia-bug-report.log.gz". * Fixed a bug that could cause nvidia-settings to generate invalid ~/.nvidia-settings-rc files. * Fixed an nvidia-settings crash when xorg.conf contains Device and Screen sections but no ServerLayout section. * Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.
Good luck Thanks Larry. I've tried doing it the manual way before and sometimes get issues with kernal source etc getting outof step and the installer failing so i decided to stick to the repo route. If i get a spare day i may try the manual route again. Nvidia seems to have fixed the problems KDE4 threw up for them on the newer board drivers but seem to be slacking on the older GEforce FX drivers. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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