-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, just installed their NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.44-pkg2 driver. I had it running on my CentOS 5.2 x64 machine, and I'm happily surprised that it builds and runs okay on 5.3 also. Cheers, Timo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with CentOS - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJ030pfg746kcGBOwRAiqCAJ4pNRMZm1CZ9ZE3b27M0SuWN5Me/gCeJhG2 IDpBrcFhpf3EmIH8NeqfFsE=JaOS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Timo Schoeler wrote:> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > just installed their NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.44-pkg2 driver. I had it > running on my CentOS 5.2 x64 machine, and I'm happily surprised that it > builds and runs okay on 5.3 also. > > Cheers, > > TimoI'm still using 169.12 - it continues to work fine in 5.3. I probably should update it, but it don't seem broke to me ...
>-----Original Message----- >From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] OnBehalf>Of Timo Schoeler >Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:42 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: [CentOS] Nvidia driver on CentOS 5.3 > >just installed their NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.44-pkg2 driver. I had it >running on my CentOS 5.2 x64 machine, and I'm happily surprised that it >builds and runs okay on 5.3 also.Me too, but why shouldn't it? We've rarely had any problems with Nvidia's proprietary drivers with CentOS, or RHEL for that matter. YMMV of course, just curious on what kind of problems you've had? -- /Sorin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 5106 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090402/5251ab26/attachment-0003.bin>
Sorin Srbu wrote:>> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf >> Of Michael A. Peters >> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 7:29 AM >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Nvidia driver on CentOS 5.3 >> >> I suppose I should move to the new way that relinks it automagically >> when new kernel is released, I don't know - I'm fine with the kernel >> version specific kmod- way. > > Automagically? Care to elaborate on that? Sounds like a useful mechanism to > me.I don't know too much about it - but I believe it is what some of the 3rd party repos have moved do.