Re: Nvidia drivers and 2.6.x kernel

Kieran
2004-01-22T12:12:08Z

How strange. I run slack 9.1 and 2.6.1, just grabbed the 4496
pre-patched file from http://www.sh.nu/download/nvidia/ and installed it
as I would on 2.4. Works a charm.

> Well ... i've applied the patch and downloaded the pre-patched drivers,
> sacrificed a virgin, installed the module loading stuff (just in case) and
> still no joy.
>
> So i think the fault is not with NVidia. or the patch. Maybe it's a flaw in
> Slackware 9.1, or i'm just too thick.
>
> I did get X to work with nv, but since i have a dodgy old monitor i can't get
> the vertical alignment right (there probably is a way to do it -- SAX in SuSE
> does the trick).
>