NVIDIA driver with X86_64 kernal 2.6.15-1.1917

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The NVIDIA driver (version 8178) seems to work ok with the latest kernel. There are a few patches to make, but hay, this is a testing release. Here is the skinny on getting it to run:

1. Go here http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_1.0-8178.html to get the NVIDIA driver. 2. Go here http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62021 to get the "zander" patch U012206.
3.  On the target system, do the following:
   mkdir /usr/X11R6
   cd /usr/X11R6
   ln -s ../lib64 lib64
   cd lib64
   ln -s xorg/modules modules
4. Now apply the patch from step 2 above following the instructions by "zander"
5.  Build the driver, change the xorg.conf file and you are good to go.

The step 3 changes are required because of changes to the xorg directory paths. The nvidia configure program is still looking at the old structure. If you do not do step 3, you will get errors saying GLX libraries and NVIDIA driver could not be found. I would think the x86 changes would be similar to the x86_64 mods.

Good Luck,

Jim
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