Re: Exploit in 2.6 kernels

[Greg Folkert <greg@gregfolkert.net>]

On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 10:41 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 09:26:28AM -0500, Eric Rannaud wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 09:02 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > > modprobe nvidia || m-a -t prepare nvidia && m-a -t build nvidia && m-a -t install nvidia && modprobe nvidia
> > 
> > Something along the lines of:
> > modprobe nvidia || sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run -s -f --no-network && modprobe nvidia
> > 
> > should work on any distribution (it runs NVIDIA installer silently).
> > (see sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run --advanced-options)
> 
> It will work on most.  Some don't like where the nvidia installer dumps
> it files in some cases.  Certainly doesn't work on every amd64 system
> since they can't agree where 64bit libs should go yet.
> 
> It also violates my principles more than using binary only drivers does.
> All files in /usr (except /usr/local) _must_ be installed by one package
> management tool.  No excaptions allowed.  I haven't had to reinstall for
> 6 years, so I am sticking with my principles.

A-Freakin'-MEN me droogy.

Hehehe, either a slow system, or you know how to transfer a working
setup to another machine.

My current image I use(d) for all of my machines was Built a long time
ago, I think slink was what I used to build it. On a Pentium-90.

Currently on an Athlon XP3200+ with bells and whistles not even thought
of then. Moved through about 12 machines since the beginning.
-- 
greg, greg@gregfolkert.net

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