On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 15:23 -0700, Kim Lux wrote: > Thanks. > > I'll test this on the weekend. > > Where did you get source from ? > > > On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 17:06 -0500, Patrick Ryan Vinson wrote: > > 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? > > you can extract the NVidia kernel source by passing -x if I remember right. It will extract the files rather than running the installer. >From there you can edit the source.