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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] New NVIDIA drivers available
From:       Basil Chupin <blchupin () iinet ! net ! au>
Date:       2014-01-26 5:28:22
Message-ID: 52E49CF6.7040202 () iinet ! net ! au
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On 22/01/14 04:07, Amuraritei Andrei wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 05:19:03 PM Basil Chupin wrote:
>
>> Do you know if this patch will also work with the 331.38 driver and the
>> 3.12.7.x kernel?
>>
>> BC
>
> Hello,
>
> Yes it should work. 331.20 and 331.38 kernel modules should compile without
> patching on kernel version 3.12.xx - but not 3.13. UVM module maybe not, as
> reported by different users here and on the NVIDIA developer forums, thus
> requiring --no-unified-memory switch on the nvidia-installer.
>
> 331.38 requires the patch mentioned to compile the kernel module, because of
> some kernel changes to acpi event flags waiting introduced with kernel 3.13.
> Also the patch fixes another change needed for loading the UVM module, which
> although compiles OK, errors out when trying to load it (modprobe) with the
> some EUID error. The patch fixes that. This was for 3.13-rc, while NVIDIA
> doesn't officially support devel-version kernels.
>
> 331.38 works quite OK and doesn't screw things like 331.20 did. I'm using it
> like I said for a while now (actually right after release) and with every
> 3.13-rcX update in K:HEAD repo that I got, ran the 331.38 patched driver
> installer, rebuilt the kernel and it worked without problems.)
>
> Regarding the usage of K:HEAD and 3.13.rc kernel versions, I was curious about
> the multi-queue block layer, but I'm already planning a reinstall of 13.1
> using btrfs so I'll be using whatever is in the update channels or like you
> suggested in K:stable.
>
> Short procedure for installing 331.38 is:
>
> Get the 331.38.run install file.
>
> 0. Boot with kernel param 3 or in terminal as root do systemctl stop xdm.
> 1. sh NVIDIA...331.38.run -x to extract.
> 2. cp nvidia_3.13_kernel.patch to NVIDIA...331.38 folder
> 3. Apply patch with patch -p 1 -i ./nvidia_3.13_kernel.patch for example.
> 4. ./nvidia-installer -a
> 5. Reboot.
> 6. Profit.

Thanks for the above. The driver is now installed and working with 
kernel 3.13.x.

I have often considered trying to use the HEAD repo but while I have 
always liked to be at "the bleeding edge" I have recognised quite some 
time ago that there is more pain than gain in doing so which is why I 
stay with the K:stable :-) .

BC

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Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.12.1 & kernel 3.13.0-1 on a system with-
AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor
16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM
Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 OC 2GB DDR5 GPU


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