2005/11/8, Gilboa Davara <gilboada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Never the less, I rather have a local copy of the drivers, with a simple > rc.local based script that builds the driver if the kernel is replaced. > > Mine looks something in the lines of this: > > if [ ! -f /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko ] ; > then > pushd /usr/src/drivers/video/nvidia_driver/current > init 3 > ./nvidia_install -a -N -q > init 5 > popd > fi > > Gilboa > > On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 12:17 +0100, Rudolf Kastl wrote: > > 2005/11/8, Gilboa Davara <gilboada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > The problem with using RPMs, is that Livna doesn't necessarily follows > > > the FC kernel team release schedule. > > > If a new kernel is released, and Livna fails to update their package in > > > a timely fashion, you're left with text-only machine. > > > > > > Gilboa > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 10:32 +0000, Paul F. Johnson wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > Just download the Linux driver from > > > > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html. > > > > > Once you have the NVIDIA_XXX.sh file, go down to init 3 (init 3 as root) > > > > > and execute the script. > > > > > After a couple of "yes", go back to init 5 (again as root). It should > > > > > work. > > > > > > > > Personally, I'd use the ones from livna - you don't need to mess around > > > > with dropping down to different init levels. > > > > > > > > TTFN > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > -- > > > > "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make > > > > a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion" - L. > > > > Ron Hubbard, an awful Sci-Fi author, WW2 fraud and founder of one of the > > > > world's most evil and insidious cults, Scientology. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > no you arent because the driver rpms from livna have a fallback to > > "nv" driver if the kernel module for the booted kernel is missing ;)) > > > > regards, > > rudolf kastl > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > you could also adapt the script to rebuild and install the nvidia kernel module with a src rpm ;). regards, Rudolf Kastl just outlining how it could look like (i spent 5 secs on the hack below), one should probably catch exceptions and also make sure a userbuildenv exists. ## find a good way to not build as root either via su or sudoing to a special builduser etc #su builduser pushd /dir/to/builddir rpmbuild --rebuild -ba bleh.src.rpm ## this is the point where you exit the session and return to root #exit rpm -U /dir/to/outputdir/kernel-module-bleh...
