Comments on: Nvidia 96xx drivers and 2.6.25-series kernels

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:01:45 +0000

Yes, I was just about to say that the 2.6.26 kernel and the freshest 96xx drivers are happy together. It was just the .25 and the earlier driver that behaved strangely. Hopefully this will be the case for a while to come. …

By: grndrush

grndrush — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:25:54 +0000

I see you’re also an Arch’er (part-time, anyway). I just installed kernel 2.6.26-2 and nvidia drivers version 96.43.07-4. All is BEAUTIFUL – AND, I’m current for the first time in almost 2 months! Thanks!

By: grndrush

grndrush — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:25:23 +0000

Thank GOD! I’m *not* the only one! I believe I have a near-identical, if not identical, card, (GeForce2 MX/440), and I’ve had this problem since May.

I’m using Arch Linux, which is a terrific distro, but has a rather odd group of devs, and my complaining about this problem has apparently landed me on their “do not reply to” list. But I KNEW someone else had to have it, also!

I can’t install the drivers in Arch using the “traditional” NVidia method.

The only workaround I’ve found for now is to do full system upgrades, including the kernel and nvidia drivers (2.6.25 kernel headers are needed by numerous apps), then downgrade to the 2.6.24 kernel AND 96.43.05 NVidia drivers. I don’t know if it’s just one of the two, or both, that have a problem, and frankly, this has taken WAY too much of my time already! I’m sticking with what works and assuming this’ll get someone’s attention somewhere soon, and get fixed…

THANKS.