Porteus

Finally managed to create it: the NVidia 340.108 driver for older hardware for kernel 5.4.30, compiled under Porteus 5.0rc1.

Update
When you use the needed kernel 5.4.30 - aka the vmlinux and the corresponding 000-kernel.xzm - the module also works for 5.0rc2 and will most probably also work in the upcoming 5.0 finale.



010-nvidia-340.108-k.5.4.30-porteus-v5.0-x86_64_rava.xzm
The md5sum is like filehorst reports it: Wait till the seconds counter below reaches zero.

Then click "Jetzt zur Download-Seite" (Now to the download page)

Then you will see this:
Dein Download steht nun bereit.
Klicke hier, um ihn zu starten.
(Now your download is ready.
Click here to start downloading)

Enjoy!

Since from the time of posting the above and now there have been 3 downloads, but no comment in this thread.
Therefore I presume all who downloaded it ran into no issue and it works for them as it works for me.

Happy Easter, late Lailat Al-Bara'ah and/or late Passah to everyone who celebrates these, happy free days to everyone else and stay healthy and sane.

1st comment. Well done and Happy Easter

Happy Easter and healthy for everyone.

I really like the statistic filehort provides when you use a free (as in beer) account… and upload files when logged in.

As of now, 010-nvidia-340.108-k.5.4.30-porteus-v5.0-x86_64_rava.xzm has 8 downloads, while the version for older 5.4.19 kernel uploaded 03.03.2020 only has 7.
Seems it was a good approach to make a driver for the newest available kernel.
And no, newer kernels than 5.4.* are not supported by the 340.* driver.

Maybe one who is able to code really well will be able to provide a hack (especially in such weird Corona-Chan times one needs to have nice dreams, right?)… but I presume such hack might go against the NVidia copyright rules. Anyhow I cannot code C nearly good enough to even think about attempting such.

Hi,may i know if this driver support gtx 1050 2gb?Thank you.

No, apparently you need at least 390.138.

Check it out yourself > go here:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/
click on number of driver > click "supported products" > look for your card.

Update
I renamed the thread to include rc2 as well - since it runs fine on rc2 - and added the bold red text at the top of the initial article.

Rava wrote: ↑

09 Apr 2020, 17:49

kernel 5.4.30 - aka the vmlinux and the corresponding 000-kernel.xzm

where can i get this for nvidia.xzm:

kernel 5.4.30 - aka the vmlinux and the corresponding 000-kernel.xzm

sorry i'm newbie

dorian_newton wrote: ↑

04 Feb 2021, 02:15

sorry i'm newbie

No need to be sorry, we are happy to have you.

dorian_newton wrote: ↑

04 Feb 2021, 02:15

where can i get this for nvidia.xzm:
kernel 5.4.30 - aka the vmlinux and the corresponding 000-kernel.xzm

Here you go: CAVE! Even though I put it in a module, it would not work just adding the module to your base folder!
You have to extract the module by doing as root a and copy the vmlinuz into your boot/ folder and the 000-kernel module into your porteus/base folder. (If there already is a 000-kernel module, deleting a possible existing 000-kernel, there can always only be one kernel (vmlinuz) and one 000-kernel module for any Porteus system.) And if you not rename vmlinuz_Porteus_5.4.30_x86_64 back to the generic vmlinuz you also have to edit your porteus.cfg to reflect the kernel name. (Since I have several kernels in my boot/ I choose to rename them according to their Linux OS and kernel version due to convenience)

Download link:
https://filehorst.de/d/dprqkozl

Containing files: Since filehorst speaks German, a short HOWTO download and translation:

To get it, first wait 15 seconds "Dein Download wird jetzt vorbereitet." (Your download is being prepared)
Then click "Jetzt zur Download-Seite" (now to the download page)
Then click "Dein Download steht nun bereit. Klicke hier, um ihn zu starten." (Your download is ready. Click here to start downloading it)