Ubuntu
nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package

  1. Bug #1741671
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 1741671

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fife (fife0) wrote :

I also have a Geforce 9800 GT and am equally frustrated by the apparent gpu driver vs latest linux kernel conflict. This may fall on nvidia to update their drivers to include a 4.13 patch. Last update for 304.104 was September 2017.

The following may be informative:

"Legacy GPUs are older-generation NVIDIA GPUs which are no longer supported in the regular NVIDIA Unified UNIX Graphics Driver. Instead, these GPUs will continue to be supported through special "Legacy GPU" drivers that will be updated periodically to add support for new versions of Linux system components (e.g., new Linux kernels, new versions of the X server, etc)."
(http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html)

"The Linux 340.* legacy driver series is the last to support the G8x, G9x, and GT2xx GPUs, and motherboard chipsets based on them. Support for new Linux kernels and X servers, as well as fixes for critical bugs, will be included in 340.* legacy releases through the end of 2019.

The Linux 304.* legacy driver series is the last to support the NV4x and G7x GPUs and motherboard chipsets based on them. Support for new Linux kernels and X servers, as well as fixes for critical bugs, will be included in 304.* legacy releases through the end of 2017."
(http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142)

Latest drive list: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html