I just got it running with NO SOURCE installed. I used /lib/modules/2.6.9-667/build/include as the source code for my running kernel, editied the nv.c and then the module loads without any errors. BC > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667 > From: "Kim Lux" <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, November 05, 2004 8:36 pm > To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" > <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > 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. > > 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. > > Thus, I DO need kernel source to get an Nvidia driver running with > 2.6.9-1.667 as I highly doubt Nvidia had included a driver for this > kernel in their install pack. > > > > > On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 15:21 -0800, Per Bjornsson wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:01, Kim Lux wrote: > > > > > BTW: Where did you get kernel source from ? > > > > As per the usual answer here, you really shouldn't need it just to build > > drivers. I think that Nvidia have picked up that clue by now, all even > > mildly sane distros have something useful under > > /lib/modules/<kernelversion>/build (be it a symlink or a real directory > > with the needed files). > > > > If you actually want the source for building a custom kernel, that's a > > legitimate use of course, and then there's instructions for how to get > > the Fedora-patched source tree from the kernel SRPM in the distribution > > release notes. > > > > > I've been running in VESA mode for 3 weeks now. > > > > The nv driver, while not providing any 3D acceleration, should be _much_ > > better than using a vesa driver in terms of usable video modes etc... > > You might want to use that as a backup instead. > > > > Best regards, > > Per > > > > -- > > Per Bjornsson <perbj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University > > > -- > Kim Lux (Mr.) Diesel Research Inc > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list