On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 18:36 -0700, Kim Lux wrote: > If you are implying that the Nvidia driver installs without source, you > are partially wrong in the general and totally wrong in this case. The > Nvidia driver DOES install without kernel source code on common kernels, > ie ones that the Nvidia team has compiled a kernel for and included in > the install pack. The nvidia installer includes pre-compiled modules for the kernels shipped with most distributions, that is correct. But the nvidia installer can compile the module without the kernel source installed. > However, if you read the driver fine print, you will find that if your > kernel version isn't supported, you need to have kernel source installed > in order to build the kernel. That is precisely what the Nvidia > "install" tool does. Did you try? I used to regularly compile the nvidia modules (before the 2.6.9 kernel) without the kernel-source RPM installed (which I've never installed in my system). Regards, -- Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>