Kam Leo writes: : On 9/11/06, Dean S. Messing <deanm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: : > <snip> : > Lonni Friedman writes: : > : The nvidia X driver will not work with the FC5 '2054' kernel, as that : > : kernel bans non-GPL'd symbols. <snip> : > : > At all events, thanks, Lonni, for preventing another few hours wasted : > in trying to track this one down. : > : > Questions: <snip> : > : > 2) Is there a work-around for this kernel? Was nobody who ran the : > stock FC5 kernel able to run the nvidia driver until a later kernel : > came out? : > : > I need to remain on this kernel for a bit until I can carefully test : > its suspend/resume behaviour. I also need the nvidia driver : > to clean up several image processing issues I'm having (crucial to my : > work) due to running the stock nv driver. : > : : Why? I was under the impression that the current kernel had fixes for : suspend/resume issues present in older versions. : Because it was suggested to me that I first keep the stock kernel and try suspend/resume with it because, in his case, things stopped working under the 2.6.17 kernel. suspend/resume seems to still be very brittle, working sometimes on some laptops with some kernels, and with other laptops using other kernels---and with my laptop no known kernel (though I have not tested with any kernel after 2.6.12 yet). My laptop, by the bye, is a Dell Percision M70, an otherwise wonderful machine that is completely useless to me because of inability to suspend/resume. I'm hoping fedora will solve that problem but must find time to test it carefully. Dean
