Re: nVidia binary on 2.6.26 [was: Benefits (and risks) of using Sid]
> Where is the beta? Stable is at:
> ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86
Browsing to nvidia.com gets you their funky home page, with a bunch
of useless links -- none pointing to driver downloads. Clicking on
just about anything, you then get pages that have a more useful top
menu, with "Download Drivers" at the upper left.
Clicking on that gets you to the standard download page:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
However, below the "GET DRIVERS BY PRODUCT" box, there is another box
called "OTHER DOWNLOADS & SUPPORT". The first link there is
"Beta and Archived Drivers":
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us
Entering your product and OS info into the form gets you a box full
of results, with the stable drivers listed first and the beta drivers
(marked with a red "BETA") listed last. The driver I'm using is on a
line that reads like this:
Linux 64-bit Display Driver Version 177.13 BETA 177.13 June 17, 2008
I found out, the hard way, not to bookmark such links... because
whenever they alter their website those bookmarks go stale. I just
learned to find the drivers like a Windows-noob: point, click, point,
click, etc.
HTH,
Dave W.
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