Nvidia drivers for Puppy 3.0

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#41 Post by qinchuan12345 »

I download the version of puppy match to the nvidia driver's version,and It is work very good.If your puppy can not driver with nvidia driver,check the version.

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#43 Post by mandrivauser50 »

Is there any chances to get drivers for Puppy Linux 4.2.1. My graphic card is Nvidia Geforce 9500 GT.

Hope it's a Pet package - automatically installed. Puppy didn't look very good by editing xorg.conf. Fonts are tiny and blurry.

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Re: Nvidia drivers for Puppy 3.0

#44 Post by Luposian »

gray wrote:For the new kernel (2.6.21.7) of Puppy 3.0 I have put together the set of three driver packages for nvidia cards.

nvidia-7186.pet for ancient nvidia graphics cards (riva TNT to Geforce 1).

nvidia-9643.pet for most nvidia cards (officially Gf2 to Gf4 but have tested on Gf7 OK).

nvidia-100.14.19.pet for latest cards (Gf5 to Gf8).

All available at http://download.tuxfamily.org/nop/

The pet packages install modified nvidia pkg1.run files to /tmp.
After this is complete drop out of X [ ctrl alt backspace ] and at the prompt enter install_nvidia and accept the defaults.
Then run xorgwizard and test the required resolution and finally run xwin.
I am running the very latest Puppy Linux (Lucid; kernel 2.6.33.2). Will your drivers work on my Creative 3D Blaster Annihilator Ultra (GeForce 2 Ultra chipset) or must I go to an older version of Puppy?

I am trying to get some remaining useful life out of an old Pentium II 266Mhz system I have, with 384Mb of RAM. Trying to find an OS that I can run from CD and then do builds of Haiku from... and various versions of Linux seem to be the best path for that.

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Re: Nvidia drivers for Puppy 3.0

#45 Post by shinobar »

Luposian wrote:I am running the very latest Puppy Linux (Lucid; kernel 2.6.33.2). Will your drivers work on my Creative 3D Blaster Annihilator Ultra (GeForce 2 Ultra chipset)
nvidia-glx-sdl-285.05.09-2.sfs may support GeForce2 Ultra.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=72405
Downloads for Puppy Linux [url]http://shino.pos.to/linux/downloads.html[/url]

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Re: Nvidia drivers for Puppy 3.0

#46 Post by Luposian »

shinobar wrote:
Luposian wrote:I am running the very latest Puppy Linux (Lucid; kernel 2.6.33.2). Will your drivers work on my Creative 3D Blaster Annihilator Ultra (GeForce 2 Ultra chipset)
nvidia-glx-sdl-285.05.09-2.sfs may support GeForce2 Ultra.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=72405
Somehow, I doubt those drivers will work for me... look at nVidia's supported card's list (I don't see Geforce 2, 3, or 4 of ANYTHING):

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-disp ... river.html

Assuming the .sfs file is based on nvidia's drivers (hence the similar filename numbering), looks like it won't work, to me. Am I mistaken?

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#47 Post by shinobar »

Luposian wrote:Assuming the .sfs file is based on nvidia's drivers (hence the similar filename numbering)
Yes and the web page doesn't list up the GeForce2 Ultra.
I had a mistake. The GeForce2 Ultra is supported by 71.86.xx driver.
Well, you may need to compile the driver from the source.
Visit the Hardwear topics:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/index.php?f=30
Downloads for Puppy Linux [url]http://shino.pos.to/linux/downloads.html[/url]

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Re: Nvidia drivers for Lucid Puppy

#48 Post by Luposian »

shinobar wrote:
Luposian wrote:Assuming the .sfs file is based on nvidia's drivers (hence the similar filename numbering)
Yes and the web page doesn't list up the GeForce2 Ultra.
I had a mistake. The GeForce2 Ultra is supported by 71.86.xx driver.
Well, you may need to compile the driver from the source.
Visit the Hardwear topics:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/index.php?f=30
I think the older driver(s) work in Wary Puppy. Can you direct me to the exact driver I need for Wary? I'm going to download Wary now and see how it fares on my system.

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Wary works MUCH better on my PII 266Mhz system...

#49 Post by Luposian »

Even before the built-in video driver update program is run, the "Start" menu opens immediately and all the submenus pop open quickly. After the video driver update (no nVidia drivers, though), the desktop wallpaper seems to display faster as well. Overall, everything seems more responsive.

However, I only get about 20fps in glxgears, so I'm definitely not getting full performance out of my card. But at least the OS seems decently usable, even at this point.

I tried installing/using the older nvidia drivers (71.86.xx) via Puppy, but when I go to use it, it defaults to VESA and then locks up or something, I think. Upon reboot, I get nothing but a black screen forever. So... something doesn't work right. Just finished reinstalling Wary (5.2.2) and will give it another go... except I'm not updating anything til someone tells me EXACTLY what I need to do... and how.

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Re: Wary works MUCH better on my PII 266Mhz system...

#50 Post by shinobar »

Luposian wrote:what I need to do... and how.
need to compile the proper driver against the kernel.
Jim1911 writes the step at the second post of the topic:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=73805
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