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 > > > 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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
