NVIDIA GeForce4 448 go driver support

[yogi_al]

Hi,

I have been trying to install the driver for NVIDIA GeForce4 448 go on TC 3.16.6.

I downloaded the installer NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.23-pkg1.run from the site and on running it, the installer gave me an error '/lib/modules/3.16.6-tinycore/build/include/linux/version.h' does not exist.

I followed the instructions on the post http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,16534.30.html but I get the above error.
I downloaded the kernel source using linux-kernel-sources-env.tcz.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Yogi_al

[Misalf]

Hi,
don't know if that option is available in this version

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./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.23-pkg1.run --kernel-source-path=/usr/src

Not sure which post you referring to exactly.

[Juanito]

we're working on the nvidia-173.14.39 and nvidia-340.76 drivers - would they be helpful?

[curaga]

I'm afraid you're out of luck. Nvidia has discontinued support for your card, and the old driver you link does not support any kernel released in the last 3 years. The newer drivers that work with current kernels do not support Geforce 4.

[yogi_al]

Hi Juanito,

I guess the driver nvidia-173.14.39 is for Legacy support I could try them and see if it works for me.

Alternatively, I was thinking of using an older version of TC like 3.8.4 and then try and run the NVIDIA package to see if it works.

[curaga]

The 173 series does not support gf4. TC4 should be the newest series you can use the old 96 nvidia driver on.

[yogi_al]

Hi Curaga,

Thanks for your suggestion.
I am using a POS workstation on which I tried installing the TC4 you suggested and was able to install the nvidia-96.43.20 driver on it. I was also able to get the dual head functionality in twin view mode on another monitor that I connected to the POS.
The only problem here is that the POS terminal has touch screen functionality and it doesnt seem to be supported by the nvidia-96.43.20.

Any suggestions?

[Rich]

Hi yogi_al
I thought touchscreen drivers were separate from video drivers.

[yogi_al]

Thanks for the tip Rich 

So I went ahead and installed the input-tablet-touchscreen extension but it did'nt help, do these only support USB? Mine is on serial port /dev/ttyS3. Not sure which other extension supports serial port?

[Rich]

Hi yogi_al
These might be worth reading:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Serial_input_device_to_kernel_input
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/XFree86-Touch-Screen-HOWTO/
inputattach  can be found in the  joystick.tcz  extension.

[yogi_al]

I couldn't get inputattach after installing input-joystick-3.16.6-tinycore.tcz. But instead used xf86-input-wacom.tcz.
With this I bound the device with the following command
>isdv4-serial-inputattach --verbose /dev/ttyS3
but Iam getting an error. Failed to bind the kernel driver.

See the attached output, can you please suggest.

[Rich]

Hi yogi_al

I couldn't get inputattach after installing input-joystick-3.16.6-tinycore.tcz. But instead used xf86-input-wacom.tcz.

Those sound like they are from TC6. I thought you were running TC4.

[yogi_al]

Hi Rich,

I guess there are 2 parts to this...now
1) Yes, I went back to TC6 to try and use the nouveau extension and to try and see if I can get the displays to work as dual head. Since the extension description says that it supports GeForce4 series, I am still not able to get it to work, since I am not sure that the nouveau driver gets loaded at all. But I am working on it.

2) At the same time I was also working to see if I could get the touch screen working. So is inputattach available in the joystick version of TC4? If yes then I would have to go back to using TC4 since I already have the dual head problem resolved using the nvidia driver.

But if I need to use TC6 how do I go about for both 1) and 2)?

[Rich]

Hi yogi_al
If you install  joystick.tcz  in TC4  you will have  inputattach .

[yogi_al]

Thanks Rich.
I went back to TC4 and was able to get inputattach.

I tried attaching all the modes listed in the command help, using the below command but I don't get any response. Except for when using the -dump mode.
>sudo inputattach -elo /dev/ttyS3

I guess I would be requiring a separate driver for this pos touch screen...?