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gray

Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Posts: 318 Location: Adelaide - South Australia
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Posted: Thu 02 Oct 2008, 06:42 Post subject:
NVIDIA drivers for k2.6.25.16 (puppy 4.1) |
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I have compiled and packaged the Nvidia drivers for the new kernel of Puppy 4.1 (k2.6.25.16). The pet packages also contain OpenGL libraries (libglut and libGLU) and a test program glxgears, so you do not need to install the xorg_dri package for OpenGL support.
NVIDIA-185.18.14-k2.6.25.16.pet is for latest cards (Gf7 - Gf9, G200 -> )
NVIDIA-173.14.12-k2.6.25.16.pet is for newish cards (Gf4 ? - Gf6)
NVIDIA-96.43.07-k2.6.25.16.pet for older cards (Gf2 ? - Gf4 ?)
NVIDIA-71.86.06-k2.6.25.16.pet for prehistoric cards
Get them from http://www.puppylinux.asia/tpp/NOP
or http://download.tuxfamily.org/nop/
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Last edited by gray on Sun 05 Jul 2009, 04:03; edited 7 times in total
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DC

Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 361 Location: Maidenhead, England
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Posted: Fri 03 Oct 2008, 03:09 Post subject:
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Hi gray,
Firstly thanks for the drivers.
And now the query.
The drivers you complied for 3.x
for my hardware(gf6) was 100.14.19 - gf5 to gf8
These version numbers seem to indcate that 173.14.12 would be the follow on version (173 higher than 100) but gf7 ? - Gf9 does not include my gf6.
Just a bit parnoid to try as in the past when I've destoryed X config its taken days to sort out.
DC
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Max Headroom

Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 423 Location: GodZone Kiwi
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Posted: Sun 05 Oct 2008, 00:46 Post subject:
Gray PLEASE Help! Subject description: PETget: Package eXpansion ERROR ( Wind0' TitleBa' ) |
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( Pink Wind0' Message ) There was an Error eXpanding Package NVIDIA-96.43.07-k2.6.25.16.tar.gz. ( I have Full SATA Hard D' Dr install o' Dingo 4.1 RC on HT Pentium 4, w/ NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Card, I'd Love 2 get Compiz-Fusion Working on ) Either th' File is Corrupted ( I ReDownLoaded it 3x ) or has Not eXpanded into its Own Directory w/ Name o' NVIDIA-96.43.07-k2.6.25.16/ ( which is How Most Packages eXpand ). U will have 2 Go into /root/.packages/ Directory ( which o' Course isn't there ) and Manually Clean it up. This Script will now eXit... ( OK Button ) Thanx!
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Max Headroom

Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 423 Location: GodZone Kiwi
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Posted: Sun 05 Oct 2008, 00:46 Post subject:
Gray PLEASE Help! Subject description: PETget: Package eXpansion ERROR ( Wind0' TitleBa' ) |
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( Pink Wind0' Message ) There was an Error eXpanding Package NVIDIA-96.43.07-k2.6.25.16.tar.gz. ( I have Full SATA Hard D' Dr install o' Dingo 4.1 RC on HT Pentium 4, w/ NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Card, I'd Love 2 get Compiz-Fusion Working on ) Either th' File is Corrupted ( I ReDownLoaded it 3x ) or has Not eXpanded into its Own Directory w/ Name o' NVIDIA-96.43.07-k2.6.25.16/ ( which is How Most Packages eXpand ). U will have 2 Go into /root/.packages/ Directory ( which o' Course isn't there ) and Manually Clean it up. This Script will now eXit... ( OK Button ) Thanx!
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gray

Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Posts: 318 Location: Adelaide - South Australia
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Posted: Mon 06 Oct 2008, 00:56 Post subject:
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DC: I should have read my old post for applicability - tried to do it from memory. The fact is though that we dont really know which cards the drivers will work on - there is little info on the Nvidia site. I would experiment with the Puppy live CD and then try the latest driver first. As it is a live CD session nothing is messed up.
Max Headroom : Just rename the pet file to remove the -k2.6.25.16 from the name before you try and install, ie to NVIDIA-96.43.07.pet
The problem is that I renamed the pet files after they were created with dir2pet to distinguish them from the earlier kernel versions. Unfortunatetly petget doesnt like that and insists the name used to create the pet file is used
No need to rename anymore - corrected the pet files now
Last edited by gray on Fri 21 Nov 2008, 07:52; edited 1 time in total
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Max Headroom

Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 423 Location: GodZone Kiwi
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Posted: Mon 06 Oct 2008, 03:18 Post subject:
Thanx 4 that Gray Subject description: it Worked Great |
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Saw th' NVIDIA Splash Logo
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DC

Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 361 Location: Maidenhead, England
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Posted: Wed 08 Oct 2008, 15:08 Post subject:
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Hi gray,
Happy to report all ok (after renaming).
for the interested I used.
NVIDIA - 173.1.4.12 for a GeForce 6600 GT (AGP).
installed perfectly to Puppy 4.1 full install to harddrive.
NVIDIA X Server settings works ok.
I even saw the powermizer switch the NV Clock down to level 0.
Thanks again
DC
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Max Headroom

Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 423 Location: GodZone Kiwi
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Posted: Thu 09 Oct 2008, 23:48 Post subject:
Gray or TomBH, I'm Clim'ing th' Walls! Subject description: Sorry Gray, seems M' eXcitement was Premature |
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M' Card is NVidia GeForce FX5200, I've got a Full SATA Hard D' Drive install o' Dingo 4.1 w/ 2.6.25.16 Ke*nel, First off I'm Unsure which is th' Correct or Best NVidia Pet Package U've Created NVIDIA-173.14.12-k2.6.25.16.pet is for the latest cards (Gf5 ? - Gf9) or NVIDIA-96.43.07-k2.6.25.16.pet for most cards (Gf2 ? - Gf7 ?), I Do get th' NVidia Splash Logo w/ Both I think, But I'm 'Ndevouring 2 Merge & Reconcile tomh Compiz-Fusion instructions http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=32242 w/ Y'r Newer NVidia Packages which 'R' Obviously Correct 4 My Dingo Ke*nel, But whenever I install a LibX.1.1.4 Pet or sumthing Simila' ( I Don't Remember eXactly ), But when I Restart as Req'd installing Libs X Fails & I Can't Even Use Back - up XOrg.conf File, Meaning a Complete Re - install ( I've Done this a Dozen or So Times So Fa' ) & M' Wife's Compounding things! ...
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Fishy
Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 234
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Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008, 22:17 Post subject:
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Will have to give up on this, complete no go. I downloaded all pets, renamed them, installed them, control-alt-delete to drop out of x and re-ran xorgwizard or nvidia-xconfig and end up with a frozen system.
BFG 8800 GT 512 OC
Xorgwizard shows Nvidia but unknown board and will not put in any settings. Tweak to set refresh comes up blank settings and I have to use vesa to get a display.
Standard xorg setting will take 1480 * 1280* 24 no problem.
Any suggestions as to what I am screwing gratefully appreciated or maybe to a thread which may enlighten me.
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jani

Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 30 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Mon 10 Nov 2008, 14:24 Post subject:
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Hi,
can i use these driver for puppy4.00 (k2.6.21.7) and which is good for me? (BoardName "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]")
thank you
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cb88

Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 1169 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon 10 Nov 2008, 14:55 Post subject:
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nope wrong kernel... there are probably links to drivers for your kernel in the compiz threads search the forum for 'compiz'
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CatDude

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1573 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008, 17:12 Post subject:
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Hello all
@ gray
Puppy 4.1.1 (Frugal) MSI GeForce FX5200-TD128
Downloaded: NVIDIA-173.14.12-k2.6.25.16.pet
renamed (as instructed) to: NVIDIA-173.14.12.pet
As usual it worked first time without any problems , Cheers mate.
CatDude
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gray

Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Posts: 318 Location: Adelaide - South Australia
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Posted: Fri 21 Nov 2008, 07:54 Post subject:
corrected pets |
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I have corrected the pet files so that they no longer need to be renamed. Just click and go.
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cb88

Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 1169 Location: USA
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Posted: Fri 21 Nov 2008, 23:58 Post subject:
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thanks
_________________ Taking Puppy Linux to the limit of perfection. meanwhile try "puppy pfix=duct_tape" kernel parem eater.
X86: Sager NP6110 3630QM 16GB ram, Tyan Thunder 2 2x 300Mhz
Sun: SS2 , LX , SS5 , SS10 , SS20 ,Ultra 1, Ultra 10 , T2000
Mac: Platinum Plus, SE/30
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afecelis

Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 29 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia
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Posted: Sun 23 Nov 2008, 19:29 Post subject:
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Gray, thanks a lot for your drivers. It's amazing (and I'm very thrilled) to have the possibility of running nvidia's 3d acceleration in puppy, however, everytime I try to download something from your NOP files I get the following message:
Quote: | Concurrent download limit exceeded. |
With everything and everytime, no exception.
How can your files be obtained?Are there any other mirrors?
regards,
Alvaro
ps. Quick question about the nvidia drivers. Is it enough with just running the .pet file to get hardware acceleration? What happens if I plug my usb drive into a pc with other graphics, will it load regular xorg drivers for it?
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