On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 09:08 -0400, Beej wrote: > On 14 Sept 2004 Eric Tanguy Wrote: > > I try to install NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1 all is fine except at the > > end and the module can't be loaded. > > When i run rpm -qa | grep kernel, i obtain : > > kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521 > > kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.131 > > kernel-2.6.8-1.521 > > so the sourcecode is installed and correspond to the running kernel. > > Okay this is good! > > > WARNING: Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support as > > a loadable kernel module. > > > > The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver; the > > NVIDIA kernel module will still be built and installed, > > but be aware that the NVIDIA driver will not be able to > > function properly if the rivafb module is loaded! > > -> Cleaning kernel module build directory. > > executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'... > > The rviafb driver is not a problem. When I installed my drivers using this method i got the same warnings and just moved on. No problems have been encountered, so far, on my machine. > It's not a problem so long as you don't actually have the rivafb module loaded. Use /sbin/lsmod to make sure.
