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<p>* The NVIDIA Unified Memory kernel module, which is a required
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not both.</p>
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<p>All official stable kernel releases from 2.6.9 and up are
supported; pre-release versions, such as 2.6.23-rc1, are not
supported. The Linux kernel can be downloaded from <a href=
"http://www.kernel.org" target="_top">http://www.kernel.org</a> or
one of its mirrors.</p>
<p>binutils and gcc can be retrieved from <a href=
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its mirrors.</p>
<p>If you are using XFree86, but do not have a file <code class=
"filename">/var/log/XFree86.0.log</code>, then you probably have a
3.x version of XFree86 and must upgrade.</p>
<p>Sometimes very recent X server versions are not supported
immediately following release, but we aim to support all new
versions as soon as possible. Support is not added for new X server
versions until after the video driver ABI is frozen, which usually
happens at the release candidate stage. Prerelease versions that
are not release candidates, such as "1.10.99.1", are not
supported.</p>
<p>If you are setting up the X Window System for the first time, it
is often easier to begin with one of the open source drivers that
ships with XFree86 and X.Org (either "nv", "vga" or "vesa"). Once
your system is operating properly with the open source driver, you
may then switch to the NVIDIA driver.</p>
<p>Note that newer NVIDIA GPUs may not work with older versions of
the "nv" driver shipped with X.Org and XFree86. For example, the
"nv" driver that shipped with X.Org's X11R7.2 release did not
recognize the GeForce 8 family and the Quadro 4600/5600 GPUs. This
was fixed in the X11R7.3 release. X.Org releases (and individual
packages) can be retrieved from <a href="http://www.x.org/" target=
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<p>These software packages may also be available through your Linux
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