The only reason you'd need kernel-xen-devel is if you're running the xen kernel. The NVIDIA driver generally isn't compatible with xen kernels right now. On 11/1/06, Fernando Lozano <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, Found that need to install kenel-xen-devel so the nvidia kernel module can be build and loaded. Now when I start X I get a blak screen and a complain that the GLX extension cannot be loaded, but it looks like I'm loading the correct one from nvidia. Any ideas? []s, Fernando Lozano > I have a nVidia GEForce MX 440 card but never bothered with OpenGL > applications before. But I just installed FC6 and heard all rumors > about compiz, so I decided to give it a try. > > I understand I need the nVidia proprietary drivers for compiz to work > with my card, so I installed the package from Freshrpms.net. But it > looks like the kernel refuses to load the drivers. At least I say a > message saying so during boot and could not start X. I had to > reconfigure X to use the Xorg open source driver (nv) instead of the > proprietary one (nvidia) but I could not find in any log that message. > > I read the docs from nVidia web site but had no success. What could be > preventing the driver to load? Maybe SELinux? >
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