On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 09:17:04AM -0400, Clint Harshaw wrote: > Clint Harshaw wrote: > > However, I have new information to report. I am able to get the driver > to work immediately after compiling it with the 2179 kernel by startx in > run level 3. But when I reboot -- whether I am in run level 3 or 5 -- > the error message below appears: > > nvidia.o module for 2.4.22-1.2179.nptl not found > Disabling nvidia driver > The above message ususally results from having the kernel sources that are not of the same version as the kernel binary running. > I now look back at my original post, and believe that my description of > the symptoms was not complete. I was starting X immediately after the > compiling of the driver, and the nvidia driver worked. While I was in X, > I changed the run level to 5 and would reboot, only to see the nvidia > driver not work. In other words, I do not believe I ever tested a > *reboot* in run level 3!! I believe my current situation is a more > accurate and complete description of the symptoms: > > - nvidia driver works in 2179 when starting X immediately after > compiling the driver following artoo's instructions exactly. > - nvidia.o module for the 2179 kernel isn't available when I'm booting, > thus the driver isn't starting when X starts, no matter whether I am in > run level 3 or 5. > > and > > - nvidia driver and module work fine when booting into 2174. > > While I'd like to get this thing going for the 2179 kernel, I wonder -- > since this is a personal home desktop with only one user, me -- if the > security features described for the 2179 kernel, might not be of a major > benefit to me. I've read the description of the potential vulnerability > at this site (I got the name of the potential vulnerability from > fedoranews.org): > > http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0109 > > Thus, if I can't get the nvidia.o module to load for the 2179 kernel, I > wonder if I will be okay to use the 2174 kernel and its associated > nvidia.o module until FC2 comes out. > > (I'm thinking out loud here, wondering if I ought to go back to having > exclude=kernel* in my yum.conf in order to force myself to really > seriously consider *if* I need a kernel upgrade rather than simply > driving on full-steam-ahead and updating everything that comes along.) > > Clint > -- > Clint Harshaw <clint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
