[all variants] Script to check for new nVidia releases

[loomsen]

Hey folks.

Just created one, so I thought I could share it...

Should work on either 32bit or amd64 machines for all cards as of the GeForce 6 series and above (so obviously all cards which are supported by the newest releases (180.++)

Current:
Direct download: HERE

[loomsen]

- reviewed and added user interaction
will inform about newly available version and ask before downloading.

[loomsen]

- another review, now asks the user which version to look for

Pre-release versions now also included...

[loomsen]

Hello.

Although obviously nobody uses it, I've been bored and completely rewritten it.
Should be a lot better now, so I gonna remove the old version.

Here's 0.0.2:
*outdated*
Enjoy.

[loomsen]

Thx to coz_ who told me uname -m isn't working for 32bit archs.
Here's the updated version (if anybody is using ia64, i would appreciate if you would let me know what `uname -m` returns so I can add it too)

*outdated*

[-=hazard=-]

Simple question.
This script just search and download the newest driver for nvidia? Or it install it too with the appropriate headers etcetera?

[loomsen]

Nope, just checks for new drivers. Useful if you get stuck in a shell and don't like lynx or w3m or so to figure out how the download url is.

Actually, the nVidia driver doesn't have to many dependencies, kernel-headers, glibc and make should be it.

[-=hazard=-]

I have nVidia GeForce 6200 and I use 180 driver version on Ubunut 9.04. There is a driver update on nvidia website. Do you use the updated driver? And if yes, is there any big change or fixes on the new one?

[loomsen]

I'm usually using the latest drivers available, at the moment this is 190.32
But I'm not running ubuntu, so I don't know which fix or improvement your hoping for.

But, as altering the driver takes about 2 minutes (drop to a shell, change runlevel - or on ubuntu make X stop somehow like for example
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
and then run sh NVIDIA-xxx.run --uninstall
and finally sh NVIDIA-xxx.run
to remove your current and build another one.

A final
/etc/init.d/gdm start
will bump you back into gnome (or whichever DM you're running)

[-=hazard=-]

Originally Posted by loomsen I'm usually using the latest drivers available, at the moment this is 190.32 But I'm not running ubuntu, so I don't know which fix or improvement your hoping for. But, as altering the driver takes about 2 minutes (drop to a shell, change runlevel - or on ubuntu make X stop somehow like for example /etc/init.d/gdm stop and then run sh NVIDIA-xxx.run --uninstall and finally sh NVIDIA-xxx.run to remove your current and build another one. A final /etc/init.d/gdm start will bump you back into gnome (or whichever DM you're running)

Can you tell me where I can find the kernel headers? Or at least where do you get them for your box.