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NVIDIA Driver for Porteus 5.0rc3
Posted: 13 Oct 2021, 11:53
by ronriel
What nvidia version works with porteus 5.0rc3 64 bit using kernel 5.12.14?
How can I install the driver?
Thank you!
-ronriel
NVIDIA Driver for Porteus 5.0rc3
Posted: 13 Oct 2021, 13:14
by ncmprhnsbl
http://porteus.org/porteus-mirrors.html eg.
http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/port ... x86_64.xzm
that is : nvidia-470.42.01-k.5.12.14 for relatively recent cards @ last five/six years?
legacy drivers for older cards require patching for newer kernels and that's a bit tricky...
NVIDIA Driver for Porteus 5.0rc3
Posted: 13 Oct 2021, 13:46
by Ed_P
ronriel wrote: ↑13 Oct 2021, 11:53
How can I install the driver?
Place the downloaded .xzm module into your modules folder or extramod= folder and reboot.
NVIDIA Driver for Porteus 5.0rc3
Posted: 15 Oct 2021, 14:23
by ronriel
Thank you for the link. The driver works!
NVIDIA Driver for Porteus 5.0rc3
Posted: 25 Oct 2021, 07:38
by Rava
Since this thread not names any main driver versions (the first number before the ".") - e.g. 470, 340 or 304 - here some info on drivers for older hardware.
ncmprhnsbl wrote: ↑13 Oct 2021, 13:14
legacy drivers for older cards require patching for newer kernels and that's a bit tricky...
like, if your hardware is older and needs nvidia-340.108 - the most recent kernel I was able to compile the driver for is 5.4.30.
For nvidia-304.137 newest kernel is 4.16.3.
And you need older xorg than the one shipped with Porteus 5.0rc3…
So far I did not have the time to try get nvidia-304.137 working with 5.0rc x86-64 Porteus, but I presume it is either impossible or you need to heavily rework the system (002-* and 003*) because some or even most GUI programs are picky with the used xorg version.
