On 11/3/06, Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 00:52 -0500, Rick Bilonick wrote: > On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 18:08 +0000, Felix Mathais wrote: > > look for autoconf.h and copy or symlink it into > > config.h > > > > Felix > By symlink I'm assuming you mean: > > > ln -s autoconf.h config.h > > This creates a symbolic link (config.h) pointing to autoconf.h. I did > this but I still could not get the nvidia driver (8776 I believe) from > the Nvidia download site to build, nor could I get nvidia-x11-drv rpm to > build and install. I was able to get the kmod-nvidia (and a related > file) to build and install - but, although it produces an accelerated > display capable of displaying HDTV .ts files, it locks up if you try to > change aspect ratio in mplayer, xine, and kaffeine. I just went to check > the nvidia driver version and sure enough the X11 display locked up. > > Rick B. > Given that X locks up when running xine, mplayer and kaffeine, I tried to install the nvida driver from the web site again. Now it builds and installs although it took several attempts and I also removed the kmod-nvia and related files. So the nvidia driver "works" but mplayer, xine, (and I'm assuming) kaffeine cause the system to completely freeze (so bad you can't get to a console terminal by hitting cntr alt f1) forcing a hard reboot. I never had problems with FC5 and the proprietary driver. It's a good thing this is a test unit and not the working HDTV recorder. At this point I don't see any option but to re-install FC5 and wait to these problems are resolved.
Did you report the these problems on nvnews.net? If not, then the odds of them being resolved are rather slim. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
