NVIDIA Drivers for 2.6 Kernel

fmileto writes "Kerneltrap.org is reporting that Nvidia has released drivers for the 2.6 series kernel. The driver and install directions can be found on Nvidia's website."

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Release Highlights from Nvidia.com

[elviscious]

Release Highlights

* Support for Linux 2.6 kernels.
* Fixed AGP failures on some VIA motherboards.
* Fixed a problem that prevented X from running on Samsung X10 laptops.

Re:Release Highlights from Nvidia.com

[pyros]

Feh. You missed this one:

* Currently, there are drivers for both Linux and FreeBSD.

See - Nvidia confirms it: *BSD is *not* dying after all! ;)

I think you missed the point here. nVidia released BSD drivers so we can all watch it die in realtime at 248 fps in 1600x1200 on a 21" monitor!

Official Feedback Thread

[The Baron (nV News)]

is here, courtesy of Andy Mecham, NVIDIA's Linux driver guru.

Answering my own question...link to README

[LouisvilleDebugger]

ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-53 36/README

From the README:

If you do not have a working XF86Config file, there are several ways
to start: there is a sample config file that comes with XFree86,
and there is a sample config file included with the NVIDIA driver
package (it gets installed in /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/).
You could also use a program like 'xf86config'; some distributions
provide their own tool for generating an XF86Config file. For more
on XF86Config file syntax, please refer to the man page.

If you already have an XF86Config file working with a different driver
(such as the 'nv' or 'vesa' driver), then all you need to do is find
the relevant Device section and replace the line:

Driver "nv"
(or Driver "vesa")

with

Driver "nvidia"

In the Module section, make sure you have:

Load "glx"

You should also remove the following lines:

Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"

if they exist. There are also numerous options that can be added to
the XF86Config file to fine-tune the NVIDIA XFree86 driver. Please see
Appendix D for a complete list of these options.

GPL soul?

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

For those who've sold their GPL soul to use the binary drivers from NVIDIA (like me) you can get them now.

While I support the GPL and don't particularly like binary-only drivers, I reckon this little phrase has no place in this announcement. To NVidia's credit, they seem to be somewhat serious about supporting Linux in a somewhat timely manner. This sort of allusion won't be a great incentive for other hardware vendors to support Linux at all, they'll just think "whatever we do to be nice to them, those Linux folks will always have something to complain about".

When Linux has 80% marketshare and is a true force to be reckoned with, then perhaps the community will be able to afford sarcasm and get away with it, but in the meantime, there must be other, more constructive ways to entice vendors to embrace open-source.

Re:Huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

Until now they had to use a third party patch, found here

Re:Excellent - OS ones worked OK though...

[FyRE666]

Damn motherboard blew (volt-regulator poped... literally) and its been 3 weeks so far w/ no new one comming in!

BTW, does anyone know how to Overclock a GeForce 5600 in Linux? Haven't found anything yet...

Why do I get the impression that your motherboard problem wasn't entirely unprovoked? ;-)

Re:Excellent

[caluml]

The fact that it has been relatively prompt seems to suggest that they are still somewhat interested in the Linux market.

Maybe we should all download it, even if we don't have an NVidia card, just in case they are monitoring the stats of Windows and Linux driver downloads.