I have problem with installing nvidia drivers in Slacko 5.7

[puppy_apprentice]

I wanted to install old nvidia drivers for RivaTNT2 M64 but without success.

1. I've downloaded NVIDIA-Linux-x86-71.86.15-pkg1.run package.
2. I've loaded SFS: devx_slacko_5.7.sfs and kernel_sources-3.4.82-slacko_4g_f2fs.sfs.
3. Rebooted to prompt.
4. Added to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

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blacklist nouveau

to /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau.conf

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options nouveau modeset=0

5) Rebooted again to prompt.
6) Ran I've downloaded NVIDIA-Linux-x86-71.86.15-pkg1.run and got error (see attachment)

[perdido]

Hi puppy_apprentice,

You probably need kernel headers loaded along with the devx and kernel sources.

Kernel headers pet file located here.
https://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/p ... g_f2fs.pet

May the force be with you!

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[puppy_apprentice]

I think you could have right. I will try, thx.

[puppy_apprentice]

No success.
I've got the same error with .sfs and .pet stuff installed/loaded.
I've got the same error even with getnvidia.pet.

Does anybody have a .pet with nvidia drivers for RivaTNT2 M64 that works well on wide screens (eg. 1400x900)?

[perdido]

Just did some digging around after trying to compile that driver in slacko 5.7 and having it fail.

Ran into this post by shinobar
http://45.33.15.200/puppy/viewtopic.php ... cf3#849932
That talks about needing patches for certain older nvidia drivers to compile in version 3 kernels
which leads to this post by catdude with some instructions on how he got one of the old drivers compiled in slacko.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... f48#796264

I found those posts by searching for my error message using google.
Good luck in your search.

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