On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:59 -0700, Brian Callahan wrote: > Can't build or load nvidia video driver under 667 > > used an nvidia patch from > http://ngc891.blogdns.net/index.php?2004/09/21/3-patched-nvidia-drivers > > but still can't load the driver > > > errors: > # dmesg > nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. > nvidia: Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE > nvidia: Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE > > works fine under 2.6.8-541 > > BC > not sure about that patch but all I did was add unsigned int __VMALLOC_RESERVE = 128 << 20; right after: #ifdef MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(NV_MAJOR_DEVICE_NUMBER); #endif in the nv.c file and ran the installer. Worked perfectly fine after that. I am currently running the *-667 kernel. Are you making sure your xorg.conf file is setup properly?