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--- hardware:geforce_go_6600 [2009/04/01 21:42] – kratz00
+++ hardware:geforce_go_6600 [2012/04/13 19:23] (current) – kratz00
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 http://www.nvidia.com/
-http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/180.44/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.44-pkg0.run
+http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/180.60/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.60-pkg0.run
+Required patch for Linux 2.6.39: [[http://kratz00.org/files/nvidia-drivers-180.60-linux-2.6.39.patch|nvidia-drivers-180.60-linux-2.6.39.patch]]
+:!: This patch also contains the official security fix for CVE-2012-0946 (ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/patches/security/CVE-2012-0946/)
+:!: The drivers beginning from the 185.15.* series till now, were not usable on this hardware so far.
+Applying the patch:
+<code>
+sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.60-pkg0.run --apply-patch nvidia-drivers-180.60-linux-2.6.39.patch
+</code>
+The original file will not be changed the patched installer's name is: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.60-pkg0-custom.run
 If installing the driver for the first time:
 <code>
-sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.44-pkg0.run -s
+sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.60-pkg0-custom.run -s --no-opengl-headers
 </code>
 If installing the driver after a Linux kernel upgrade;
 <code>
-sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.44-pkg0.run -s -K
+sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.60-pkg0-custom.run -s -K --no-opengl-headers
 </code>
 ===== Problem with the binary Nvidia driver and my Samsung M50 =====
 **Prerequisites:**
-  * Samsung M50 (http://www.samsung.com/au/products/notebookpcs/notebookpcs/np_m50.asp?page=Specifications)
+  * Samsung M50 (<del>http://www.samsung.com/au/products/notebookpcs/notebookpcs/np_m50.asp?page=Specifications</del>)
 :00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce Go 6600] (rev a2)\\
   * I am not using any frame buffer stuff
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 ====Tested drivers====
 ^ driver version ^ works (nvidia-bug-report.log) ^ works with workaround ^
+|185.18.14 |no ([[http://kratz00.org/files/nvidia/nvidia-bug-report.log.185.18.14|nvidia-bug-report.log.185.18.14]])| yes |
+|180.60 |no ([[http://kratz00.org/files/nvidia/nvidia-bug-report.log.180.60|nvidia-bug-report.log.180.60]])| yes |
+|180.51 |no ([[http://kratz00.org/files/nvidia/nvidia-bug-report.log.180.51|nvidia-bug-report.log.180.51]])| yes |
 |180.44 |no ([[http://kratz00.org/files/nvidia/nvidia-bug-report.log.180.44|nvidia-bug-report.log.180.44]])| yes |
 |180.29 |no ([[http://kratz00.org/files/nvidia/nvidia-bug-report.log.180.29|nvidia-bug-report.log.180.29]])| yes |
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   * use this [[hardware:geforce_go_6600#Workaround|workaround]]
   * running the latest Legacy GPU version (1.0-96xx series) because this is the latest available driver which does not show black VTs when switching from X to a VT or after quitting X
+===== Creating a new patch =====
+<code>
+sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.60-pkg0.run --extract-only &&
+wget http://kratz00.org/files/nvidia-drivers-180.60-linux-2.6.39.patch &&
+cp -pR NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.60-pkg0/ NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.60-pkg0_patched &&
+cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.60-pkg0_patched &&
+patch -p0 -i ../nvidia-drivers-180.60-linux-2.6.39.patch &&
+cd usr/src/nv &&
+make module</code>
+fix the error
+<code>
+make clean &&
+rm -f modules.order Module.symvers &&
+cd ../../../../NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.60-pkg0 &&
+diff -Naur usr/ ../NVIDIA-Linux-x86-180.60-pkg0_patched/usr/ > ../nvidia-drivers-180.60-linux-2.6.40.patch</code>