Steven, I have the same problem on a Opteron based FC-2 box with an Nvidia FX-500 card. I set runlevel 3, execute startx, and look at a blank screen. I have been working on this problem for 2 weeks. So far no love from fedora! Mike -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven Pasternak Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:46 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: NVIDIA driver *taints* kernel??? I use fedora 3 on an athlon xp and an nvidia geforce fx 5200. I go to install the Nvidia driver version 1.0-6629 and during the installation at the end it says that the license 'Nvidia' taints the kernel, but it still continues and seems to work. If I boot in runlevel 5, though, it gets to the part where it starts X (right at the beginning) and X doesn't start - It freezes. I uninstall the driver and use the 'nv' driver and it works. I have to compile the kernel module because it can't find one at the nvidia site. When I'm in runlevel 3 I can run the accelerated graphics until I shut down, then I have to boot runlevel 3 and recompile the module again. Any advise? -Steven -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
