On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 21:08 -0500, Jim Martin wrote: > Brian Callahan wrote: > > >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 > >> > >> > > > > > > > I just installed the new 6629 nvidia driver in FC3 and it worked fine, > check www.nvidia.com for th update > > BaVinic > hm....didn't know there was an update...going to have to check this one out....thanks for the info..