I have been waiting very patiently to update my 11.1 x64 kernel from
2.6.27.23-0.1-default to 2.6.27.25-0.1.1. I have been holding off for so
long because I prefer to update my nvidia drivers (currently
185.18.14_2.6.27.23_0.1-2.2) using the http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1 repository at the same time as the
kernel update rather than the manual method - it’s so much easier and less
prone to cockpit error
Does anyone know if I should expect to see nvidia drivers in the repository
for the newer 2.6.27.25 kernel sometime soon (next few weeks perhaps?) or
how do I go about contacting Novell to see what’s happening?
Maybe it’s vacation time for the nvidia driver kit builders and I just have
to wait it out.
Using openSUSE 64 here, currently using kernel 2.6.27.25-0.1.1-x86_64 default with NVIDIA driver 185.18.14-2.2-x86_64. Have been since my last kernel update. Update applet says there’s a new kernel out now. Haven’t upgraded yet, but haven’t ever had any problems in the past with previous kernel updates. Only time I have had to compile a custom nvidia kernel module is when I had a custom compiled kernel.
>
> Hi Steve, I’m working also with the repo nvidia.
>
> And I’ve updated the kernel with the 2.6.27.25-0.1-pae long time ago
> now (yes in 32bits but it’s like the same)
>
> modinfo about nvidia.ko say
> 2.6.27.23-0.1-pae SMP mod_unload modversions 586
>
> It doesn’t matter in this case to have a minor diff in fact the kernel
> is always a 2.6.27 version and the nvidia module should work out of the
> box.
>
> If there a 2.6.28 that’s another story …
>
>
Many thanks Bruno. I just noticed this morning that there was a newer
kernel: 2.6.27.29-0.1 and nvidia driver: 185.18.31_2.6.27.25_0.1-11.1
I just updated them both along with alsa, gspca and other drivers and all is
good!
>
> Using openSUSE 64 here, currently using kernel 2.6.27.25-0.1.1-x86_64
> default with NVIDIA driver 185.18.14-2.2-x86_64. Have been since my
> last kernel update. Update applet says there’s a new kernel out now.
> Haven’t upgraded yet, but haven’t ever had any problems in the past with
> previous kernel updates. Only time I have had to compile a custom
> nvidia kernel module is when I had a custom compiled kernel.
>
>
Hi herderofyaks,
I had the nvidia 185.18.31 driver downloaded from the nvidia web site prior
to my kernel update 30 minutes ago - just as a precaution - but I did not
need it. Yast and the packages did their job correctly. It usually does, but
I’ve had troubles in the past - more with suse 10.* with kernel and nvidia
updates.
> Many thanks Bruno. I just noticed this morning that there was a newer
> kernel: 2.6.27.29-0.1 and nvidia driver: 185.18.31_2.6.27.25_0.1-11.1
>
> I just updated them both along with alsa, gspca and other drivers and all
> is good!
I did update last night on a laptop and the update produces a kernel panic
error. (used to work fine before the update!).
I checked the nvidia site and they have a v.185.18.36 which: “Fixed a bug
that caused kernel panics when starting X on some mobile GPUs.”
(I have one and X locks with a black screen).
I am waiting for the opensuse repo to have this update to reinstall the
driver. There was no way to make the yast repo driver work on that machine.
> Steve Barrell wrote:
>
>> Many thanks Bruno. I just noticed this morning that there was a newer
>> kernel: 2.6.27.29-0.1 and nvidia driver: 185.18.31_2.6.27.25_0.1-11.1
>>
>> I just updated them both along with alsa, gspca and other drivers and all
>> is good!
>
> I did update last night on a laptop and the update produces a kernel panic
> error. (used to work fine before the update!).
>
> I checked the nvidia site and they have a v.185.18.36 which: “Fixed a bug
> that caused kernel panics when starting X on some mobile GPUs.”
> (I have one and X locks with a black screen).
>
> I am waiting for the opensuse repo to have this update to reinstall the
> driver. There was no way to make the yast repo driver work on that
> machine.
>
> -G-
I just updated to 185.18.36 via the nvidia repo and all is well. I don’t
have a laptop - this is my home-built pc - a somewhat ageing Athlon 64 3500
cpu (2.2Ghz, single core), 2GB ram, Western Digital Raptors, Nvidia 6600GT
graphics.
Steve Barrell wrote:
> I just updated to 185.18.36 via the nvidia repo and all is well. I don’t
> have a laptop - this is my home-built pc - a somewhat ageing Athlon 64
> 3500 cpu (2.2Ghz, single core), 2GB ram, Western Digital Raptors, Nvidia
> 6600GT graphics.
I updated to v. *.36 and all is well here too.
The *.31 was buggy on some chips.
Cheers
