On 6/18/05, david feldman <wb0gaz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to install NVIDIA's accellerated graphics driver version > 1.0-7664(appears to be latest) from their (nvidia.com) website to enable X > on a Dell Inspiron 8100 (default install gives me 800x600 but it appears it > is not aware of the machine's video adapter.) > > nvidia's linux driver's install program tells me there is no "pre-compiled > kernel interface" (presumably for FC4's kernel which in my system is > 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4, unmodified from an initial install. > > There is information that leads you down the path of compiling a new kernel > interface, but I'd like to avoid re-inventing that wheel if someone already > has done that, and/or solved getting X on this particular machine. > > Very grateful for any assist... > > Dave > wb0gaz@xxxxxxxxxxx Hi Dave, This is normal. nVidia provides a very limited number of the pre-compiled kernel interfaces and I've never seen it actually use one of those. As long as you have the kernel headers package (kernel-devel package) it should work just fine. It's not re-inventing the wheel, it's just compiling the interface :). It shouldn't take but a couple of minutes and it will do everything for you. In fact, if you run the nVidia installer with the -s option, it won't even ask you any questions. Jonathan
