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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:12:08 +0000
From: Kieran <kieran@ihateaol.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Nvidia drivers and 2.6.x kernel
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How strange. I run slack 9.1 and 2.6.1, just grabbed the 4496 
pre-patched file from http://www.sh.nu/download/nvidia/ and installed it 
as I would on 2.4. Works a charm.

> Well ... i've applied the patch and downloaded the pre-patched drivers, 
> sacrificed a virgin, installed the module loading stuff (just in case) and 
> still no joy. 
> 
> So i think the fault is not with NVidia. or the patch. Maybe it's a flaw in 
> Slackware 9.1, or i'm just too thick. 
> 
> I did get X to work with nv, but since i have a dodgy old monitor i can't get 
> the vertical alignment right (there probably is a way to do it -- SAX in SuSE 
> does the trick).
> 


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