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moog

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Registered: 2011-09-20

Posts: 31

downgrade nvidia drivers

hello,I want to install the drivers nvidia-260.19.36-2 on a graphics card Geforce GTS 250,  Now a version of nvidia 280.13-1
here log error http://fpaste.org/vYtp/
uname -a

Linux ars-arch 3.0-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 30 08:53:25 CEST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

pacman -U nvidia-260.19.36-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "kernel26>=2.6.37", a dependency of "nvidia"
warning: cannot resolve "kernel26<2.6.38", a dependency of "nvidia"
warning: cannot resolve "nvidia-utils=260.19.36", a dependency of "nvidia"
:: the following package(s) cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      nvidia
Do you want to skip the above package(s) for this upgrade? [y/N] Y
looking for inter-conflicts...
there is nothing to do

Last edited by moog (2011-10-07 13:59:35)

lifeafter2am

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Registered: 2009-06-10

Posts: 1,332

Re: downgrade nvidia drivers

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrade

Last edited by lifeafter2am (2011-10-07 13:59:44)

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moog

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Registered: 2011-09-20

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Re: downgrade nvidia drivers

If I roll back to 2.6 kernel is not affected as it my whole system ?

lifeafter2am

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Re: downgrade nvidia drivers

According to that you are going to have to roll-back to the old kernel.  This could cause some issues depending on what else you have installed .... could mean tons of out-dated packages being needed.

Last edited by lifeafter2am (2011-10-07 14:05:24)

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moog

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Registered: 2011-09-20

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Re: downgrade nvidia drivers

oh shit

you know why I do not like the newer drivers , because I have a problem with playing dvd video format, they have me slow down , open player  vlc ,mplayer

preemergence

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Registered: 2021-08-12

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Re: downgrade nvidia drivers

The easiest way to downgrade NVIDIA drivers on arch is to download the official Installer from NVIDIA website.

Go to https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

or https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx for advanced search

Choose driver and choose linux 64 bit. Download the prefered driver and extract the archive. Exit the X session if running and drop into tty and install using the install script.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 75,317

Re: downgrade nvidia drivers

The thread you're necrobumping w/ a rather bad advise as your very first post is almost a decade old…
Use a previous dkms version from the ALA.

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,157

Re: downgrade nvidia drivers

As mentioned, do not ever install the drivers directly from nvidia. If you need to downgrade, do it properly: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux_Archive and pick nvidia-dkms and a corresponding nvidia-utils version as well as installing the kernel headers of your current kernel.

Please don't necrobump 10 year old threads.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … bumping%22

Closing.