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   Malcolm to Paulo da Silva   
   Re: Help with nvidia drivers   
   03 Jul 20 17:26:23   
   
   From: malcolmlewis@cableone.net.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 22:02:29 +0100   
   Paulo da Silva  wrote:   
      
   > Hi!   
   >   
   > I have just upgrade from leap 15.1 to 15.2.   
   > No driver from the corresponding NVIDIA repo was installed!   
   >   
   > How to install the nvidia stuff? I have a Geforce 8600M GS.   
   >   
   > Thanks a lot for any help.   
   >   
   > Regards   
   > Paulo.   
   Hi   
   The 340.108 driver for you card is not supported with the 5.x.x kernel   
   AFAIK. You would need to look around for patches (Nvidia Forum) for the   
   run file and install the hard way.   
      
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