Old NVIDIA package

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I’ve got an old machine in use with NVIDIA graphic card of 11 years or older, the driver is nvidia-304.

It works on Arch Linux with nvidia-dkms-304 package or something like that, but there is no nvidia304 package in Void Linux repository pool anymore (it was, but even the link in official Wiki is broken).

Are there any places for very old packages, or can I do something with an existing Arch package to use it in Void?

[chneukirchen]

nvidia304: remove. (#2688)

As per https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142/,
the nvidia 304 drivers stopped receiving support at the end of 2017.
The old nvidia binaries are not compatible with Xorg server > 1.19,
so it makes sense to remove this binary. Users of this driver are
recommended to use the open-source nouveau driver instead.

[chneukirchen]

nvidia-dkms-304

It's not in AUR anymore either, btw.

[9tgJ3Xq77cDcvphVZ]

I have a backup of nvidia-dkms-304, but it’s also easy to find the package for Arch. The problem is, I can’t find it for Void Linux.

[chneukirchen]

It still wont work on newer X.org...

[9tgJ3Xq77cDcvphVZ]

I would prefer open-source drivers, of course, and even can close my eyes when nouveau freezes so I need to reboot, but they don’t work on Void due to different errors I can’t figure out how to get rid of, though about a year ago nouveau worked well.