on 4-6-2009 5:55 AM Sorin Srbu spake the following:
I got the DKMS-system working and now have the Nvidia-drivers v173.08 installed (using rpmforge as suggested previously). Unfortunately this particular driver version gives me screen artifacts so as to make the screen more or less unreadable.
Nvidia's proprietary drivers are now up to v180.44 and this version is fine with my test system.
I really like the DKMS-system, as it enables me to keep kernel and gfx-drivers up-to-date on our course-lab computers doing 3D-molecular modeling. However if I can't make use of newer, and better, drivers this whole thing is borked for me... 8-/
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? The repos I found are tagged with PCLinux, Mandriva and Ubuntu to name a few. I'm not quite sure these rpms would work with CentOS and the dkms install there.
Any hints appreciated. Thanks.
You could always try and make a newer version yourself using the old one as a template. Here is some help;
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6896
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:
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?
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
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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?
You might want to ask for a newer version on the rpmforge mailing list:
I've been lurking there for a while, working up the nerve to ask. 8-}
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):
Thanks. I'll look into this one as well.
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Scott Silva Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:19 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] DKMS and new(er) Nvidia-drivers
on 4-6-2009 5:55 AM Sorin Srbu spake the following:
I got the DKMS-system working and now have the Nvidia-drivers v173.08 installed (using rpmforge as suggested previously). Unfortunately this particular driver version gives me screen artifacts so as to make the screen more or less unreadable.
You could always try and make a newer version yourself using the old one as a template. Here is some help;
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6896
Ok, thanks. I'll see if I can some sense of the instructions. 8-)
Strangely enough, only the systems running an Amd cpu gives the screen artefacts. Go figure...
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