Jon B wrote: >Does anyone know how to get >nvidia drivers loaded for the 2.6.9-multimedia-686 kernel? I've tried >3 or 4 methods and haven't gotten it. Says something about VMALLOC >error. > >I've made significant progress though. At this rate maybe I can >restart all over again with just DeMuDi and get the video working from >the start... > > 2.6.9 - i'm pretty sure this is where nvidia video drivers stopped working for me. i've been able to compile and load the 6629 drivers on >= 2.6.9, but .... let me tell you - it doesn't do anything *good* for video acceleration ... a black screen and a few icons is all it can manage on the latest kernels :( have a look at the nvidia forums - everyone's basically camping out for the next release ... until then, i wouldn't bother with them on a kernel after 2.6.8. that said, a number of people *do* seem to have gotten them to work - is it worth the pain and heartache though? no. shayne
