On 3/21/06, Andy Green <andy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mark Hutchinson wrote: > > I need to get the nvidia drivers installed on FC5. > > Does anyone have this working yet? > > I have kernel-devel installed and am trying to use the NVIDIA-8178 drivers from > > nvidia.com but the build always fails. There does not seem to be any drivers > > at livna yet either. > > > > Anyone know how to get them in? > > You must wait a little while for an updated kernel (and in addition you > must patch the nVidia driver shim sources). The kernel that went out > with FC5 has a symbol needed by the nVidia binary drivers mistakenly > marked up as GPL-only. Apparently a new kernel package is forthcoming > as an update in the next few days. > > I feel your pain as I am currently reduced to 1024x768 instead of > 3200x1200.... > > -Andy > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > if you want to get your hands dirty :) To install latest development kernels 2.6.16* : http://clunixchit.blogspot.com/2006/03/dave-joness-2616-12064fc5.html To install nvidia drivers: http://clunixchit.blogspot.com/2006/02/fc5-test-2-nvidia-finally-successful.html I did it. -- http://clunixchit.blogspot.com
