In search of older nvidia package.

In bit of a clutch atm. Cant do the glibc update as I still have all the kernel modules in /lib. I assume upgrading to > 3.4 moves these out of there. I haven't upgraded from kernel 3.3 as the nvidia 302 package breaks suspend, and the 295-1 package requires 3.3 or less. Seems to me the 295.53-2 package can be used with 3.4, however, seeing how the mirror with old cached package is gone (and I don't have this on my own pacman cache). Is there anywhere else to get this package, or can someone who may have help me out.
Thanks,

DSpider wrote:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrade#ARM
# pacman -U http://arm.konnichi.com/extra/os/i686/nvidia-295.53-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
# pacman -U http://arm.konnichi.com/extra/os/x86_64/nvidia-295.53-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
But sticking to an older kernel is bad practice, IMO. Exploits and security wholes would pile up over time, leaving you more vulnerable.
Um, that's the whole point of this, upgrading the kernel. Thanks for the link.

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bgc1954 wrote:every time there is a kernel upgrade you have to reinstall the drivers.. To me, it's a pain.
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rm -rf usr/X11R6
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md5sums=('6c8081bfde4a806a487efc2a9a1ff016' '08f4f614066c08bd0774c7e557953fbe'
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IMPORTANT
==> In order to use the software, you have to agree to NVIDIA's license located in
==> /usr/share/nvidia/LICENSE
==> If you don't, please remove this package (pacman -R nvidia-kernel)
Installation starts now ...
EOF
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If you need more information about setting up nvidia drivers have a look at:
"http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/How_to_install_NVIDIA_driver"
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EOF
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==> Don't forget to update your /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf!
You may want to remove nvidia-glx as well.
EOF
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pkgver=1.0.8178
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pkgrel=1
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install usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so ${startdir}/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers
install usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so.${pkgver} ${startdir}/pkg/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions
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ln -fs libGL.so.${pkgver} libGL.so.1
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#switch in nvidia GL headers
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ln -sf /usr/share/nvidia/include/GL/glext.h /usr/include/GL/glext.h
ln -sf /usr/share/nvidia/include/GL/glx.h /usr/include/GL/glx.h
ln -sf /usr/share/nvidia/include/GL/glxext.h /usr/include/GL/glxext.h
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IMPORTANT
==> In order to use the software, you have to agree to NVIDIA's license located in
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==> Don't forget to update your /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf!
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EOF
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i'm not a license expert but as far as i can remember no big distro provides the packages other then nvidia-installer.
gentoo is a special case.
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No Separation of Components. The SOFTWARE is licensed as a
single product. Its component parts may not be separated for use
on more than one computer, nor otherwise used separately from the
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2.1.2 Linux/FreeBSD Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms
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FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived from the
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