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On 04/18/2012 02:21 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
> Do the proprietary Nvidia drivers work with kernel 3.2.12? 

Yes, though it may differ depending on which version of the drivers you
need.  If your card needs the very recent drivers (which I suspect it does)
then you should have no problems.

> I'm running with mdev instead of udev.  Would that make a difference?

That one I can't answer, sorry.