The problem with nvidia on inspiron 8600 is that the screen flickers every 5 minutes or so. It is just slightly annoying, but nevertheless... Only 4363 works without flickering. I've also tried 6111. -Ole Jacob On Thursday 02 September 2004 14:57, Macklin Stanley wrote: > Ole Jacob - > > Have your tried the latest drivers from nvidia? 6111, I believe... > They work wonderfully on my desktop with a GForce 5200. You might want > to try the RPMs from the Livna Yum Repository... http://rpm.livna.org/ > Good luck! > > On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:45:04 +0200, Ole Jacob Taraldset <ojt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm using FC2 and several apt reprositories on my dell inspiron 8600 > > laptop. The laptop has an nvidia card and I'm using the 4363 binary > > nvidia driver with a 2.6 kernel patch because the is the only driver that > > works 100% on my laptop. > > > > To be able to use the 4363 kernel I have to use a kernel with at least 8k > > stack. Linuxant has one avaliable that has 16k stack. This works > > perfectly, but after the machine has been up for a few days, I get > > > > Warning: no access to tty (Bad file descriptor). > > Thus no job control in this shell. > > > > When trying to open a new shell. I suspect this is a problem with the 16k > > stack. Can this be the case, or is might there be some other reason for > > this? > > > > If I want to build my own kernel with 8k stack, how do I do that using > > the official fedora kernel source? I know how to build my own kernel, but > > what I would like to know is: is the kernel source configured as the > > binary kernel, or is there a file I can use to automatically configure > > the source tree as to make it identical to the binary one? > > > > Regards, > > Ole Jacob > > -- > > PGP key : <http://home.broadpark.no/~ojtarald/pgp.txt> > > ICQ 5366306 | Jabber ojt@xxxxxxxxxx | AIM ojtaraldset > > Yahoo ojtaraldset | MSN ojt@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > -- > Macklin Stanley > macklin.stanley@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.javapenguin.net/ -- GexCon AS, Bergen, Norway, <www.gexcon.com> Tel : +47 55574334 (office) +47 55912224 (home) Mob.tel. : +47 95080525 Fax : +47 55574331 PGP key : <http://home.broadpark.no/~ojtarald/pgp.txt> ICQ 5366306 | Jabber ojt@xxxxxxxxxx | AIM ojtaraldset Yahoo ojtaraldset | MSN ojt@xxxxxxxxxx ************************************************************************* :: CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE :: This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the CMR Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. **************************************************************************
