Patch for Nvidia 173.14.18 to build on 2.6.30 kernel

[leigh123linux]

I have made a patch for 173.14.18 to build on 2.6.30 kernel.


http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/pub/patches/nvidia-173.14.18.patch

Use this command to patch the run file ( make sure the run file and patch are in the same directory)



./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.18-pkg2.run --apply-patch nvidia-173.14.18.patch

[mohaas05]

Nice. A good alternative if you can't access the packages from fedora-release

[leigh123linux]

Nice. A good alternative if you can't access the packages from fedora-release

Rpmfusion haven't released any nvidia drivers for F12 (rawhide) or the 2.6.30 kernel yet.

[mohaas05]

Will akmod-nvidia build against the new kernel?

[leigh123linux]

Will akmod-nvidia build against the new kernel?


akmod-nvidia-185.18.14-1.fc11 will build with the 2.6.30 kernel , it's in rpmfusion updates testing


http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/updates/testing/11/x86_64/

[leigh123linux]

I have made a patch for 173.14.18 to build on 2.6.31 (git17 and up) kernel.


http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/pub/patches/nvidia-173.14.18-1.patch

Use this command to patch the run file ( make sure the run file and patch are in the same directory)



./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.18-pkg2.run --apply-patch nvidia-173.14.18-1.patch

[leigh123linux]

I have made a patch for 173.14.19 to build on 2.6.31 (git17 and up) kernel.


http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/pub/patches/nvidia-173.14.19.patch

Use this command to patch the run file ( make sure the run file and patch are in the same directory)



./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.19-pkg2.run --apply-patch nvidia-173.14.19.patch