Linux 2.4.0-test11 NVdriver Patch
November 28th, 2000 by Crusaderridicully wrote in to let us know that the most recent test releases in theLinux 2.4.0 kernel series have broken NVIDIA driver support, which has not yet been patchedby NVIDIA. For those of you who live on the bleeding technological edge,Christian “phoenix” Zander has released a patch for the NVdriver kernel modulewhich should render the driver functional again; obviously, this is an unofficial solution for the time being.
NVdriver Kernel Module Patch for 2.4.0-test10/11:
http://www.linuxgames.com/misc/patch-nvdriver-2.4.0-test11-2
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Phoenix has done a great job with his help on Nvidia#
Thanks!
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Unfortunately, there’s still no fix for tnt1/2 card owners with regards to the 0.9-5 drivers. Apparently there was an accidental OGL regression error introduced into the 0.9-5 drivers which causes problems in OGL on some tnt1/2 cards. 0.9-4 works, however, not with the 2.4.0 kernels. It also can freeze your system when leaving X. I know I should upgrade my dinosaur Viper 550, but for what I use it for, it pretty much works. Seems like a shame to toss it. Anyway, I wish there was either a) New Drivers with TNT1/2 support; or b) A fix that allows me to use 0.9-5 with my TNT1 card.
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
I doubt that NvidiA is going to address this issue until 0.9-6, which I dont see coming until the 2.4 final kernel is released. Im sure that 0.9-6 will fix this issue and some other minor problems when it comes.. although improved agp performance would be nice.. :)
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Thank you sir!!! At last i got 3d acceleration with the latest kernel© Nice one!
November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Thank, but….
I have some random X freeze when I want quit OpenGL application (Quake 3, tuxracer…)
are they any solution for this problem ?