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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] New NVIDIA drivers available
From:       Sudhir Anand <sudhir.anand.1 () outlook ! com>
Date:       2014-01-26 13:08:09
Message-ID: BLU0-SMTP1825AA5DE905ED11057F00B98A30 () phx ! gbl
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On Sun, 2014-01-26 at 12:34 +0100, Markus Koßmann wrote:
<snip>
> Just one addition : Don't delete the unpacked nvidia driver sources after 
> installation. If you install a new kernel version,  you can run 
> ./nvidia-installer -aK -k <new kernel version> 
> to build the nvidia kernel driver  module for the new kernel version before 
> booting the new kernel.
> No need to boot into textmode first to reinstall the nvidia drivers any more.
> 
> 
Good tip.  I was not aware this was possible.  

As regards the <new kernel version>, is this one obtained from "uname
-r"? On the Pc here, it is "3.11.6-4-desktop".

Would the command be ./nvidia-installer -aK -k 3.11.6-4-desktop?

Regards.

Sudhir


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