On Monday 28 January 2008, John Thompson wrote: >On 2008-01-28, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The latest yum installed kernel (2.6.23.14-107.fc8) boots to runlevel >> 3 just fine, but startx fails, something about the GLX module even though >> I have a script that builds a fresh nvidia.ko in my rc.local list that did >> run successfully. >> >> So I'm back on 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 ATM. > >What happens if you try the open source "nv" driver instead? Did you >recompile the proprietary NVidia modules for the new kernel? > Yes, I long ago wrote a script to do that automatically. Its launch is the last line in rc.local. If its a reboot and the module is present, it does nothing, if its missing, it builds and installs it as part of the boot process so I don't have to worry about it. I sat here and watched it build the module for 2.6.23.14-107-fc8. I can post the script, and how its setup, if anyone is interested. Thanks John. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) You will soon forget this.
