nVidida 1.8168 (beta) driver [SOLVED]

[tabanus]

I found a beta nVidia driver, version 1.8168 for x86_64. Earlier drivers won't work for me (I've got an onboard GeForce 6100). Trouble is I can't get it to install.

I'm not sure if I've screwed something with all the fiddling I did trying to get this (and earlier drivers) to work. The nVidia installer doesn't work - it exits complaining about symlinks.

I tried re-naming the driver to the same as the 7676 one, followed by modifying the 7676 ebuild, and re-setting the MD5 sums using ebuild, but that results in a problem with applying patches.

Does anyone know if there's a way to manually install the nVidia driver, or what bits of the ebuild I might need to modify. Sorry if this is a bit vague. Been trying to get this working for a long time now.

[nxsty]

Just remove the patching and it should work.

[tabanus]

Thanks, I've fiddled a bit with commenting stuff out on the ebuild. When I try to emerge the nvidia-kernel module, I get an error:

[PaulBredbury]

What is the source of this module? I would like to think that Gentooers won't fall for the same tricks as Windows users, when offered the same "ooh shiny" candy. We're talking about a kernel module here, that means root access if it's a virus. Wake up, and treat "beta, leaked sources" from numeric IP addresses with suspicion. Caution

For people wondering whether the nvidia driver is better to install, take a look at the nvidia ebuild in /usr/portage/... and notice the minor differences.
_________________
Improve your font rendering and ALSA sound

[tabanus]

I got it from the ASUS website. It was leaked; I think nVidia are a bit cross about it
I found it via this thread: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=59085

Anyway, the 8xxx series driver is the first to support my video card, so until I get it working I have to use VESA driver at 60Hz. Not nice.

[nukem996]

I downloaded it to but i havnt tried it yet(7800 GT works fine so why screw with it). Anyway I read on the nvnews forums that the reason nvidia is stalling this driver is because they are waiting for the release of X.org 7.0. X.org 7.0 and the nvidia 1.8xxx driver apparently fix all of the problems we have(X freezing deadbeef and Xid errors). The release date for X.org 7.0 is Dec 7th so you may want to just wait till both are officaly released this way everything will work. You also might want to open a bug to request a testing ebuild for this. If you want an excuse I also read that the driver is avaible if you have the nvidia developer thing.

[tabanus]

I guess I'll just have to wait

It's just frustrating having a new computer and not being able to use it properly because you can't look at the screen for more than about half an hour. I figured the devs have enough to do without writing an ebuild for a driver they don't have.

Thanks

[pussi]

This is how I got them to work:

1. Copied nvidia-kernel-1.0.7676-r1.ebuild to nvidia-kernel-1.0.8168.ebuild and nvidia-glx-1.0.7676-r2.ebuild to nvidia-glx-1.0.8168.ebuild in my portage overlay.
2. Commented every 'epatch'-line in both ebuilds and removed x86-fbsd from SRC_URI in the nvidia-glx ebuild.
3. Changed X86_PKG_V="pkg0" to X86_PKG_V="pkg1" in both ebuilds.
4. Moved the installers to /usr/portage/distfiles/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8168-pkg2.run and /usr/portage/distfiles/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8168-pkg1.run
5. Created digests and emerged.

[tabanus]

[pussi]

[tabanus]

Thanks...at last I managed to get it to install, but unfortunately it still doesn't work. I get an error saying unable to open device /dev/nvidia0. Xorg.0.log says:

[nxsty]

[tabanus]

In dmesg I get:

[tabanus]

OK, got it sorted. For anyone else with the same problem, setting shared video memory in BIOS to 16MB allows it to work.

[FireBurn]

I have the driver installed and working.

Quake3 and Quake4 both work beautifully with it

However when ever I load Xine or Mplayer X freezes. I can't Ctrl-Atl-Fx to a command prompt

I have to ssh in to kill X simple killing Xine or Mplayer won't work

[pussi]

[lavacano]

yeah before I fell back on 7xxx (8xxx just too unstable because of issues like these) I use -vo xv but its b0rked, so I had to -vo x11
_________________
Sincerely,

Chadwick Ferguson

[nukem996]

[FireBurn]

Yeah Quake4 plays better for me but I don't have any figures to back this up with

[nukem996]

hmmm maybe ill try it. Anyway whats the md5sum of yours? Heres mine

[deezid86]

I have to add that the new drivers are working very fine here with composite and renderaccel


regards Dennis