On Monday 12 May 2008, Chris G wrote: >On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 04:46:17PM -0500, John Thompson wrote: >> On 2008-05-11, Chris G <cl@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I am running Fedora 8 with kernel 2.6.23.15-137, I want to stay with >> > this kernel version for vmware and various other regions. >> > >> > I'd like to use the proprietary Nvidia drivers and they are available >> > for this kernel from the livna repository:- >> > >> > kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.15-137.fc8.x86_64 169.09-7.lvn8 >> > livna >> > >> > but there isn't any matching xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64. >> > >> > Is there any way I can stay with my existing kernel and get the Nvidia >> > drivers installed? >> >> Download the package from nVidia: >> >> http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/169.12/NVIDIA-Linux-x86 >>_64-169.12-pkg2.run OIC, that is the 64 pit version. >> >> >> Drop to runlevel three, run (as root) the package: >> >> #sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.12-pkg2.run >> >> And it will build and install the modules you need and then install the >> driver. >> >> Bring up runlevel 5 again and enjoy. > >OK, thanks. > > >-- >Chris Green -- 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) Beware of a tall blond man with one black shoe. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
