The USB stick will always have the original kernel from release day. Since Slackware14.2 is from 2016, it will be a 2016 kernel.
As for running nouveau while waiting for a fix, you have to do some stuff first. 1) Run the nvidia-switch script. Ed has this documented on the SBo page: https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/system/nvidia-legacy340-driver/ Check the instructions for details, the short version is you want to run 'nvidia-switch --remove' 2) Once you've restored the stock xorg files, go ahead and remove the blacklist file for nouveau and reboot. 3) verify that nouveau loaded with "lsmod |grep nouveau" 4) If yes, then make sure your desktop opens and set up your dual monitor display. You shouldn't see any resolution issues or errors from apps like firefox, but if you do then wiping out the nvidia driver is pretty easy it just requires a few additional steps. I'm kind of curious to see if Ed's nvidia-switch script actually works in the real world :-P On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 11:07 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/5/19 6:10 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > > You can't revert to the previous kernel using the official repos. > > > > What you can do is go back to the original 4.4.x kernel from your install > > media. All updates for slackware are kept in the "patches" folder, while > > the packages from that release are in "slackware64". You can uninstall > the > > kernel-* packages, install them from the installation media, and then > copy > > the vmlinuz file to your boot partition. After, that you just rebuild the > > nvidia-kernel package and you are set. > > I wondered if I'd be able to get the old kernel from the install USB stick. > > > Also note that you can run on nouveau with your card. From what I saw > > everything worked fine, there was just an issue specific to google earth. > > The bug has already been fixed, but nvidia still hasn't rolled that into > > their legacy drivers yet. > > I'll give that a try. I just need to unblacklist the nouveau driver, and > reinstall it? > > > Thanks. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
