Re: [CentOS] DKMS and new(er) Nvidia-drivers

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Scott Silva ssilva@sgvwater.com wrote:

on 4-6-2009 5:55 AM Sorin Srbu spake the following:

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My question is who updates those drivers, as the v173.08 Nvidia drivers are now almost a year old? Would there be any other good repo with more current drivers suitable for use with DKMS and CentOS?

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Any hints appreciated. Thanks.

You might want to ask for a newer version on the rpmforge mailing list:

http://lists.rpmforge.net/mailman/listinfo/suggest

You could always try and make a newer version yourself using the old one as a template. Here is some help;

There is a CentOS wiki how to build kernel modules (see section 2 for DKMS):

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BuildingKernelModules

Akemi