On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 05:16:37PM -0500, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > Simon Andrews wrote: > >I'm putting together a system based on FC for a friend, but can't quite > >get everything to work at the same time. The problem is that the latest > >update kernel (2.6.8.x), still has a problem with writing CDs for which > >there isn't a simple fix, or any imminent sign of an update. I've > >therefore had to go with 2.6.7-1.494.2.2. > > Actually, there is a 2.6.9 kernel in the development tree which I think > is supposed to address the problem: > > >http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/2/i386/kernel-2.6.9-1.1_FC2.i586.rpm > > YMMV > > >I'd also like to get accelerated graphics to work (gotta be able to let > >them play tuxracer!), but Livna only keep the RPMs for the NVIDIA kernel > >module and nvidia-glx for the latest kernel. I've tried installing from > >the NVIDIA install script, but there isn't a prebuilt module on their > >download site for this kernel, and as this is a fairly limited install I > >don't have GCC available and it brought in a ton of stuff as > >dependencies when I tried to install it. > > The nVidia installer installs the necessary files directly into your > system's directories (though it might help to know *which* files need to > be moved). All you should have to do is copy them from machine to > machine. Failing that, why not just copy the > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6106-pkg1.run package to the new machine and > extract/build/install the modules/libraries there.... > It is a minor point but the current NVIDIA driver script is: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run ======================================================================= Plus ,ca change, plus c'est la m^eme chose. [The more things change, the more they remain the same.] -- Alphonse Karr, "Les Gu^epes" ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
