On Wed, 26 May 2004, Paul L. Allen wrote: > Just clarifying here. By a stock 2.6 kernel, do you mean a source > tarball from kernel.org? That's a pain, but if it's what I have to > do, I'll do it. Yes, you have to download the tarball from kernel.org and recompile. Make sure you add the following to the .config file: CONFIG_4KSTACKS = n CONFIG_REGPARM = n Apparently the FC2 kernel has been modified and you can't use these with it. It's the 4k stack that's causing the problem. >I just joined the list this afternoon. I bet there's been some >discussion that I missed. Now that IS and understatement!!!! If you want to see check the archives. > I installed the Nvidia 5336 driver onto whatever kernel came with FC2 > and it appeared to install OK. But if I start X, the system locks up > hard. I have to pull the battery to get it to let go. The machine's > a Dell M60 with Quadro FX video hardware. Since running the nVidia > installer, if I run the machine without X, I get frequent "Badness in > interruptible_sleep..." messages. The 5336 driver won't work with the FC2 kernel. -- Gerry "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer
