nVidia driver #4496 - reason for problems found?
Let me start by saying that I realy don't have a clue what I am talking about, but let me say it anyway. I am having problems with the latest driver 4496 - and some other people as well, but not all. I suspect that those not having a problem are *not* using the Athlon-built kernel; or they are not using the very latest patched Athlon kernel *-20-100 but probably *-20-98 or earlier. If one looks inside the nVidia's 4496 driver-file one will see a list of distros for which it has been precompiled and for SuSE 8.2 it states that it has precompiled interface for the Athlon kernel which has been updated to *-20-98, but NOT *-20-100 which is the latest patched one from SuSE. When one looks inside the earlier (and the first *.run) 4363 driver, there are no such statements - and by happy coincidence it works perfectly with the lastest patched (#100) Athlon kernel. OK, now you can tell me where I have off the rails in my deductions :-). Cheers. -- Indecision is the key to flexibility.
I think I shall give 4363 a try then. My setup coincides with yours, I've only tried 4496 since I upgraded to -100 Athlon kernel. I tried using a 2.4.21/2.4.23-pre kernels, but they hang on hwscan, so I couldn't get to prove the kernel link. BTW the card here is a GEForce 440-MX 128 MB. Regards Sid. Basil Chupin wrote:
Let me start by saying that I realy don't have a clue what I am talking about, but let me say it anyway.
I am having problems with the latest driver 4496 - and some other people as well, but not all.
I suspect that those not having a problem are *not* using the Athlon-built kernel; or they are not using the very latest patched Athlon kernel *-20-100 but probably *-20-98 or earlier.
If one looks inside the nVidia's 4496 driver-file one will see a list of distros for which it has been precompiled and for SuSE 8.2 it states that it has precompiled interface for the Athlon kernel which has been updated to *-20-98, but NOT *-20-100 which is the latest patched one from SuSE.
When one looks inside the earlier (and the first *.run) 4363 driver, there are no such statements - and by happy coincidence it works perfectly with the lastest patched (#100) Athlon kernel.
OK, now you can tell me where I have off the rails in my deductions :-).
Cheers.
On Sunday 14 September 2003 13:58, Basil Chupin wrote:
Let me start by saying that I realy don't have a clue what I am talking about, but let me say it anyway.
I am having problems with the latest driver 4496 - and some other people as well, but not all.
I suspect that those not having a problem are *not* using the Athlon-built kernel; or they are not using the very latest patched Athlon kernel *-20-100 but probably *-20-98 or earlier.
If one looks inside the nVidia's 4496 driver-file one will see a list of distros for which it has been precompiled and for SuSE 8.2 it states that it has precompiled interface for the Athlon kernel which has been updated to *-20-98, but NOT *-20-100 which is the latest patched one from SuSE.
When one looks inside the earlier (and the first *.run) 4363 driver, there are no such statements - and by happy coincidence it works perfectly with the lastest patched (#100) Athlon kernel.
Hey Basil, As you probably know, I also have been struggling with this driver for 9 days. However, I just solved my problem (although it was not with an Athlon kernel). The key to the solution was adding Option "NvAGP" "0" in the Section "Device" of my XF86Config. Have you tried that already ? Cheers, -- Jan Elders Nuenen the Netherlands
I tried that here, does not work. I still get the garbled tty0, black screen tty2-6, kdm ok on tty7 and 8. I've gone back to driver 4363 and all is fine. Regards Sid. Jan Elders wrote:
On Sunday 14 September 2003 13:58, Basil Chupin wrote:
Let me start by saying that I realy don't have a clue what I am talking about, but let me say it anyway.
I am having problems with the latest driver 4496 - and some other people as well, but not all.
I suspect that those not having a problem are *not* using the Athlon-built kernel; or they are not using the very latest patched Athlon kernel *-20-100 but probably *-20-98 or earlier.
If one looks inside the nVidia's 4496 driver-file one will see a list of distros for which it has been precompiled and for SuSE 8.2 it states that it has precompiled interface for the Athlon kernel which has been updated to *-20-98, but NOT *-20-100 which is the latest patched one from SuSE.
When one looks inside the earlier (and the first *.run) 4363 driver, there are no such statements - and by happy coincidence it works perfectly with the lastest patched (#100) Athlon kernel.
Hey Basil, As you probably know, I also have been struggling with this driver for 9 days. However, I just solved my problem (although it was not with an Athlon kernel). The key to the solution was adding Option "NvAGP" "0" in the Section "Device" of my XF86Config. Have you tried that already ?
Cheers,
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Sid Boyce