Please Add Nvidia install info to FAQ [WAS Re: FC1 &NVIDIAaccelerated drivers.]

[William Hooper]

Michael E. Adams  said:
> Two cents more:
>
> The nvidia driver installation became a problem when the compiler used
> to build the kernel was no longer the default compiler. The nvidia
> installation scripts compares the version of the default compiler on the
> system to the version used to build the kernel. They are not the same
> version on Fedora. They were on Redhat.
[snip]

This is not the first time, and probably won't be the last time that the
kernel has to be compiled with a different version of gcc.

Fedora Core 1's release notes specifically say:
"gcc32 — Version 3.2.3 of GCC (used for building the kernel)"

Looking at the archives, the gcc version is only the beginning of Nvidia's
issues.  Their installer also tries to delete some GL libraries.  If
Nvidia were still shipping an RPM, they could have just obsoleted the RPM,
but no, they decide to just delete files.  And with the newer version of
XFree86 they don't get them all, so people complain about that.  Or when
you upgrade the packages the files get replaced...

Etc., etc., etc.  I don't think people are being educated what it means to
use close sourced drivers when they go to Nvidia's web site and I think
that is Nvidia's issue.

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William Hooper