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#1 2010-11-29 14:56:03

plitter
Member
Registered: 2010-10-07
Posts: 33

[SOLVED] Downgrading NVIDIA driver to 256 does not work

Hey,

I have a Sony Vaio and the new driver from nvidia (260-xx) makes it so that I don't even get a Xorg.0.log, much less get into X . Also I cant downgrade to the old one (error message:
warning: cannot resolve "kernel26<2.6.36", a dependency of "nvidia"
:: the following pacakage(s) cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
            nvidia
)

Anyways I found this patch at http://nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.ph … stcount=26 and hoped that someone could help me patch the kernel so I could use the old driver with the new kernel. The new kernel makes my internal mic work:) Btw from the webpage above it seems like its only a fault on the Sony Vaio laptops, the new nvidia driver probably works everywhere else.

Your help is much appreciated:)

Last edited by plitter (2011-02-08 03:44:59)

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#2 2010-11-29 15:33:31

karol
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Registered: 2009-05-06
Posts: 25,440

Re: [SOLVED] Downgrading NVIDIA driver to 256 does not work

You need to downgrade the kernel alongside the nvidia driver. If you prefer to keep the new kernel, some patching / rebuilding may be needed.

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#3 2010-11-30 07:28:53

Shadow256
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Registered: 2009-05-14
Posts: 18

Re: [SOLVED] Downgrading NVIDIA driver to 256 does not work

Just a hint: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42037

Regards
Shadow256

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#4 2010-11-30 13:03:25

plitter
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Registered: 2010-10-07
Posts: 33

Re: [SOLVED] Downgrading NVIDIA driver to 256 does not work

Thanks Shadow256, worked like a charm, was a little worried when it didnt want to start when i had installed the packages because the nvidia was still at 260(?), but a reboot fixed that:D Going to be more observant of the aur in the future, and thanks again:D

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