On Sat November 6 2004 5:51 am, Ricardo Veguilla wrote: > 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). > True, i never download the pre-compiled kernel modules, i always let the installer do the compilation. Manu