[opensuse] Re: Nvidia GFX kernel modules for older 11.1-kernel 2.6.27.7-9, anywhere?
Per Jessen wrote:
Joachim Schrod wrote:
I'm looking for the proprietary Nvidia driver (kernel module) for a GeForce FX 5200 graphics card. A rpm is supposed to be at http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1/, named nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-pae.
But there is only a RPM for the most current 11.1 kernel, version 2.6.27.23_0.1. I need one for kernel 2.6.27.7-9. (I can't use the most current kernel since VMware Server 1 doesn't work properly with it anymore.)
Is there anywhere a repository archive for older versions where I can fetch a respective RPM for my kernel? Alternatively, is there another possibility to install that driver?
If the actual nvidia driver isn't any different, you could just install the latest rpm with --force ?
Of course, I tried that already... :-) That doesn't work, the kernel modules don't fit. (The error message at insmod time is "Invalid module format".) Actually, I didn't expect them to work, calling insmod was pure mischief. From my VMware problems I know that quite a lot seemed to have happened between 2.6.27.7 and 2.6.27.23. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Joachim Schrod wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
If the actual nvidia driver isn't any different, you could just install the latest rpm with --force ?
Of course, I tried that already... :-) That doesn't work, the kernel modules don't fit. (The error message at insmod time is "Invalid module format".)
That doesn't sound right - maybe invalid version or some such, but not format.
Actually, I didn't expect them to work, calling insmod was pure mischief. From my VMware problems I know that quite a lot seemed to have happened between 2.6.27.7 and 2.6.27.23.
Really? They really changed the module format just like that? Well, if that's the case I guess you have to look for the old one :-( /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (24.8°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, 14:04:04 +0200, Joachim Schrod wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Joachim Schrod wrote:
I'm looking for the proprietary Nvidia driver (kernel module) for a GeForce FX 5200 graphics card. A rpm is supposed to be at http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1/, named nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-pae.
But there is only a RPM for the most current 11.1 kernel, version 2.6.27.23_0.1. I need one for kernel 2.6.27.7-9. (I can't use the most current kernel since VMware Server 1 doesn't work properly with it anymore.)
Is there anywhere a repository archive for older versions where I can fetch a respective RPM for my kernel? Alternatively, is there another possibility to install that driver?
If the actual nvidia driver isn't any different, you could just install the latest rpm with --force ?
Of course, I tried that already... :-) That doesn't work, the kernel modules don't fit. (The error message at insmod time is "Invalid module format".)
Actually, I didn't expect them to work, calling insmod was pure mischief. From my VMware problems I know that quite a lot seemed to have happened between 2.6.27.7 and 2.6.27.23.
Dunno for how long it'll work, but the following site helped me: http://www.insecure.ws/2008/10/20/vmware-specific-specific-55x-and-kernel-26...
Joachim
HTH, cheers. l8er manfred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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