kernel-module-nvidia-driver for kernel-2.2.22-1.2149.nptl?

[bdunne]

>I keep checking http://www2.educ.umu.se/~peter/nvidia/ for the new
>kernel-module-nvidia-drivers but there has been not change there since
>kernel-module-nvidia-driver-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl so as a result I am still
>using the 2129 kernel. I did try installing kernel-2.2.22-1.2140.nptl
>but could not start X with that kernel, I am assuming because I have the
>wrong kernel-module-nvidia-drivers installed. Does anyone know anything
>about present and future updates from
>http://www2.educ.umu.se/~peter/nvidia/ ?

The README file on the site says they will be moving to the rpm.livna.org 
repository soon. Keep an eye out over there. Until then, you can use the 
source rpm in the SRPMS directory to "roll your own".

1) install the kernel-source package for the new kernel (install it with 'rpm 
-ivh' to avoid removing the current kernel-source. 2) download the nvidia 
kernel module srpm. 3) build a new rpm with 'rpmbuild --rebuild --define 
"kernel 2.4.22-1.2149.nptl" --target <ARCH> 
nvidia-driver-1.0.4496-0.fdr.10.1.src.rpm' where <ARCH> is your processor 
architecture: i386, i586, i686, athlon, etc..
4) you'll now have an rpm in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/<ARCH> that you can use to 
install the updated nvidia kernel module when you update the kernel. Actually, 
there will be three rpms there. However, you don't need to install the 
debug-info rpm and you should already have nvidia-glx installed. Also, if you 
use 'rpm -ivh' instead of 'rpm -Uvh', you won't overwrite the old nvidia 
kernel module.

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