2.6.10 and nvidia drivers

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 05:29:12 +0000, Michael Perry wrote:
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> I setup a new system running debian unstable and took it to 2.6.9
> initially. I had this probably somewhat and maybe well documented
> problem of getting X to actually start without immediately fading away
> and I've read a lot of reports online about this. Basic question, is
> 2.6.10 better with the latest nvidia drivers? I'm using the binary run
> package (not the debian packages) since I enjoy keeping my life
> moderately difficult :)
>
> I have my primary desktop that is running 2.6.7 now and I have no "beef"
> about it. It seems to work exceedingly well with everything I toss at
> it.
>
> Comments about the binary nvidia drivers and 2.6.10?[/color]

No, its actually worse, because they changed the names of some PCI
functions in 2.6.10. If you don't want to mess with patches to the
driver/kernel, you should at least upgrade to 2.6.8.1, which is the last
release that doesn't need a patch.

However if you want to use 2.6.10, some patches to try can be found at:

(for 6629 nvidia driver)
[url]http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0412.2/0422.html[/url]
[url]http://ngc891.blogdns.net/index.php?2004/11/15/34-kernel-2610-rc2[/url]

(for 6111 driver - site is down right now, but was up a couple days ago)
[url]http://ngc891.blogdns.net/index.php?2004/10/22/20-linux-269-bk6-breaks-nvidia-driver-again[/url]