How to upddate Nvidia driver for my Windows in bootcamp?

Hi I just want to ask if just using the Nvidia driver that it suggest from the udpate tab in the control panel of Nvidia is the way I can update my driver, or is there a special way to update when you are using bootcamp?

In the past, I have seen problems in some MacBooks when you install drivers from the NVIDIA website. However, this doesn't apply to newer computers and you can install the drivers from the NVIDIA website. Moreover, it's recommended, because the drivers that Apple includes are old and doesn't work as the most recent driver does.
You can download the driver from NVIDIA Control Panel or from the NVIDIA site > http://www.nvidia.com

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I compiled a custom kernel following this wiki page: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … rom_Source
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$ makepkg -c
==> Making package: nvidia-my 190.42-1 x86_64 (Thu Nov 5 17:42:29 EST 2009)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Found NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.42-pkg0.run in build dir
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NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.42-pkg0.run ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.42-pkg0
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 190.42..................................................................................................................................................
If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.
If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***
make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
Aborting...
The step it's choking on is (from the PKGBUILD), "make SYSSRC=/lib/modules/${_kernver}/build module || return 1"
What am I doing wrong?
My PKGBUILD:
pkgname=nvidia-my
pkgver=190.42
_kernver='2.6.32-rc6-MINE'
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="NVIDIA drivers for kernel26."
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
[ "$CARCH" = "i686" ] && ARCH=x86
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && ARCH=x86_64
url="http://www.nvidia.com/"
depends=('kernel26>=2.6.31' 'kernel26<2.6.32' "nvidia-utils=${pkgver}")
conflicts=('nvidia-96xx' 'nvidia-173xx')
license=('custom')
install=nvidia.install
source=("http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-$ARCH/${pkgver}/NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0.run")
md5sums=('f94806feee87de756d14fe3e9bcaf05a')
[ "$CARCH" = "x86_64" ] && md5sums=('ae431ff849ec01446e6724f9fcfe3bb4')
build() {
cd $srcdir
sh NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0.run --extract-only
cd NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-${pkgver}-pkg0
cd usr/src/nv/
ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile
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sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION='.*'/KERNEL_VERSION='${_kernver}'/" $startdir/nvidia.install
My nvidia.install
post_install() {
KERNEL_VERSION='2.6.32-rc6-MINE'
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post_install
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Last edited by graysky (2009-11-07 10:54:33)

Hello,
I'm kind of a noob and am trying to get follow the directions from the Nvidia wiki on installing on a custom kernel. I'm trying to use the abs method to install on kernel26rt version 2.6.33rt. I followed directions exactly and am getting an error that I didn't find on any other posts. Can you please take a look? Here is my terminal:
[jsadural@jlinux nvidia]$ makepkg -ci
==> Making package: nvidia-2633rt 270.30-3 (Wed Mar 30 08:53:08 PDT 2011)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
-> Downloading NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run...
--2011-03-30 08:53:08-- ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux … mpat32.run
=> “NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run.part”
Resolving download.nvidia.com... 69.31.121.43
Connecting to download.nvidia.com|69.31.121.43|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /XFree86/Linux-x86_64/270.30 ... done.
==> SIZE NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run ... 30037601
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run ... done.
Length: 30037601 (29M) (unauthoritative)
100%[======================================>] 30,037,601 696K/s in 42s
2011-03-30 08:53:50 (696 KB/s) - “NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run.part” saved [30037601]
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32.run ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
==> Starting build()...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 270.30........................................................................................................................
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel
cc -Wp,-MD,/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/.nv.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.5.2/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.33-rt/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -include include/generated/autoconf.h -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fno-dwarf2-cfi-asm -fconserve-stack -I/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel -Wall -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"270.30\" -Wno-unused-function -mcmodel=kernel -mno-red-zone -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.o /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.6.33-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h:573:0,
from include/linux/poll.h:13,
from /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv-linux.h:84,
from /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:13:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.33-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h: In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.33-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:35:6: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
In file included from /home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:13:0:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv-linux.h: At top level:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv-linux.h:251:35: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘nv_spinlock_t’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv-linux.h:1436:5: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘nv_spinlock_t’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_alloc_file_private’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:1993:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘semaphore_init’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:1994:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘waitqueue’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:1995:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘atomic_spin_lock_init’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:1995:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_kern_poll’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:2790:30: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘waitqueue’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:2793:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘atomic_spin_lock_irqsave’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:2793:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:2804:5: error: implicit declaration of function ‘atomic_spin_unlock_irqrestore’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:2804:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_kern_close_registry’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:3595:18: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘off’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:3611:22: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘off’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_kern_write_registry’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:3703:51: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘off’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:3710:45: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘off’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:3720:9: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘off’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_post_event’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4330:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4347:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘waitqueue’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4348:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c: In function ‘nv_get_event’:
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4362:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4365:9: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.c:4390:5: error: ‘nv_file_private_t’ has no member named ‘fp_lock’
make[3]: *** [/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel/nv.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/jsadural/devel/abs/nvidia/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-270.30-no-compat32/kernel] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
thanks,
jason

Could not download this driver: IDT High-Definition Audio CODEC Driver for Microsoft Windows 7.

Tried to download this driver: IDT High-Definition Audio CODEC Driver for Microsoft Windows 7.
It would not download - said it was not compatble with my operating system.
I run Windows 7, 64 bit.
I'm trying to increse the sound volume from the monitor.
I have increased the sound to 100 from the monitor and in Windows . It is still barely audible. . .

Hello again valens-mom,
Thank you for responding to my post requesting additional information. I can tell you that according to Product Specifications page for your HP Pavilion w2338h is a 23-inch wide-screen HDMI monitor, your monitor has 2 watts oer speaker integrated speakers. A pair of reasonably sensitive speakers deliver the following decibel levels at a distance of about one meter.
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4 Watts = 96 decibels
8 Watts = 99 decibels
16 Watts = 102 decibels
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128 Watts = 111 decibels
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For Comparison
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Now as to whether installing the IDT High-Definition Audio CODEC Driver for Microsoft Windows 7 will give you the audio level you are seeking will depend on what computer you have and what audio drivers are installed. To provide you with more accurate information I would need to know additional information concerning your computer. Is this an HP computer? If it is not the driver question would be better answered by the computer manufacturer. If this is an HP computer could you please provide the product number for it so I can take a look into what drivers work on that computer?
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Compiling nvidia driver for custom kernel

I have a Toshiba M200 tablet PC running Arch Linux (which I love, btw) and it's running fine, including the tablet.
There's an irritating bug with suspend-to-ram (suspend-to-disk doesn't work with the nvidia driver) where the tablet pen stops working after resume.
There's a patch slated to be in some future kernel, but I compiled my own with that patch included. It boots fine and all seems to be well with it.
However, I need to compile the nvidia driver for it, since the binary does not work. So I copy /var/abs/extra/nvidia and modify the PKGBUILD and nvidia.install files per the instructions on this wiki page, and run makepkg -i -c .
I get a big error message early on, saying
If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.
If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.
*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***
I've checked everything I can think of.
$ uname -r
2.6.25-tablet
ls -l /usr/src shows linux-2.6.25-tablet, and linux is a symlink to it. /lib/modules/2.6.25-tablet/build is also symlinked to the right kernel source tree.
So I'm out of ideas for why the nvidia makefile can't seem to find the kernel source.
Thanks in advance.

@klixon:
I think that may be the root of the trouble: I compiled the kernel on my desktop (C2D 2.8) rather than my wussy laptop (1.6 Centrino). It installed and ran fine and all that, but I only have the kernel source tree that was included in the package, not the one that really compiled the code. Would simply copying it suffice, or should I rebuild the kernel on my laptop? Also, the PKGBUILD is included below.
@shazeal:
I believe this is a subset of the problem I describe above?
The PKGBUILD, somewhat customized from the nvidia ABS. I don't think any of the changes are overly shocking.
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# Maintainer : Thomas Baechler <[email protected]>
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NVIDIA_kernel-169.12-2286310.diff)
md5sums=('e7aaca79c846e34cfe8111040bfee2d0'
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