On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:08:22 -0500, RL <rlurman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ahh, Yeah I totally forgot I was using the driver package I had > downloaded a few weeks ago. Now, will NVIDIA have to keep updating > their drivers to support future kernel releases such as .12, .13, .14, > etc? > > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:20:11 +0200, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am Mo, den 28.03.2005 schrieb RL um 3:05: > > > > > This worked fine until I compiled my own kernel using the 2.6.11.6 > > > source code. I have tried installing it using the two main ways: > > > > > > 1. yum install nvidia-glx kernel-module-nvidia-`(uname -r)` But I get > > > the following: > > > No Match for argument: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.11.6 > > > > Because none so called kernel and kernel modules is available for Fedora > > Core as an RPM. > > > > > 2. I have also run the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run file but it > > > errors when building. > > > > Use the newer NVidia closed source driver: > > > > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7167-pkg1.run > > > > It has changes for 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 kernels. If build still fails > > compare your .config with the one of the Fedora Core kernel, in especial > > the video section. > > > > Alexander > > > > -- > > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 > > legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html > > Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.10-1.770_FC2smp > > Serendipity 14:16:33 up 11 days, 11:12, load average: 0.33, 0.38, 0.41 > > > > > > > I thought this works but everytime I reboot I have to run the *.run file and I also noticed it changes my driver name in xorg.conf to 'nv' when it should be 'nvidia'. I have 'modprobe nvidia' in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local, but like I said I have to recompile the nvidia drivers (for 2.6.11.6) everytime I boot up. Opinions?
