Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 22:11, HD wrote:
Tero Hanninen wrote:
On Sun, 30 May 2004, HD wrote:
I am preparing to upgrade to FC2 from FC1 and I am currently using the
5336-Nvidia Driver with FC1. During the upgrade will it
automatically revert to the 2d nvidia driver? Or do I need to do
something before upgrading? I don't mind just using the 2d driver for
a while since I only occasionally use 3d. But I don't want anything to
go badly wrong during or after the upgrade to fc2.
I'm posting this running FC2 and the 5336 Nvidia driver.
I'll assume you're using the official Nvidia driver on your FC1 and
not the livna.org ones (as far as I know there are no Nvidia rpms for
FC2 yet).
You'll have to recompile the Nvidia kernel module after upgrade to FC2
as your kernel will change from 2.4 series to 2.6. This is what the
Nvidia README has to say:
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Q: I just upgraded my kernel, and now the NVIDIA kernel module will
not load. What is wrong?
A: The kernel interface layer of the NVIDIA kernel module must be
compiled specifically for the configuration and version of your
kernel. If you upgrade your kernel, then the simplest solution is to
reinstall the driver.
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I have a quick and dirty Nvidia installation HOWTO in my blog over here:
http://www.betabyte.net/node.php?id=133
Your milage may vary, but I'll post it here anyway in hope that it'll
help someone
Cheers,
Tero
Thanks you very much! This information will all be very helpful when I
get to that point.
But I guess I didn't ask my initial question clearly enough or perhaps
I am simply asking the wrong question. What I am actually wanting to
know... Once I have upgraded to FC2 and before I am able to recompile
the Nvidia kernel module for the new kernel... will X work? And Will
FC2 with it's new kernel be using the nv driver until I get 5336 one
complied and installed? If not what will I actually be seeing?
Yes, X will work. Fedora Core 2 comes with the "nv" driver.
Now, I just tried the new NVIDIA 5336 driver and I get no X.
I checked for errors in the X log file but did not find any.
I am probably missing something simple after following the above
instructions. I am trying this on my Dell Precision M60 Laptop.
Any ideas?
I will try on my desktop and let you know what happens.
Thanks
--
HD
Tipping my hat to Fedora.
Thanks!! Hope all goes well on your desktop. And good luck sorting out
the laptop problem.
--
HD
Tipping my hat to Fedora.
