On Thursday 02 February 2006 17:04, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> On 2/2/06, Fabio d'Alessi <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dear sirs,
> > I have a problem with a dual athlon xp running fedora/4
> > with the 2.6.14-1 kernel. Hard locks. Please if anyone
>
> [...]
>
> > [7.1] standard fedora 4 install - nothing new added, just the
> > drivers for the nv graphic board.
>
> Adding the binary only nvidia module is not a little thing.
> That driver is a closed source binary blob that noone here has a
> chance to debug.
I suggest also if you want the kernel guys to help debug your problem, and not
your distributor, that you upgrade to at least 2.6.15.2 and confirm the fault
still exists.
Of course, Jesper is 100% correct about binary modules.
--
Cheers,
Alistair.
'No sense being pessimistic, it probably wouldn't work anyway.'
Third year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
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