NVidia official driver on Fedora 2

Aaron Hughes hughesac at clarkson.edu
Thu Jun 3 20:33:21 UTC 2004


Jason Kretzer wrote:
> The source rpm is on the same page -- is that what you
> are looking for?
> 
> -Jason
> 
> --- Aaron Hughes <hughesac at clarkson.edu> wrote:
> 
>>Tarjei Knapstad wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 17:43, Rodolfo J. Paiz
>>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>>At 03:45 5/25/2004, Thiago Vinhas de Moraes wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Some time ago I asked the same question, but
>>
>>forgot the answer. What 
>>
>>>>>changes I have to make to the system, so I can
>>
>>properly run the official 
>>
>>>>>NVidia drivers on Fedora2?
>>>>
>>>>As I recall, someone answered that you should get
>>
>>a kernel from kernel.org, 
>>
>>>>set CONFIG_REGPARM and CONFIG_4KSTACKS to "n" then
>>
>>recompile your kernel 
>>
>>>>that way. You cannot use the Fedora kernel as it
>>
>>won't compile with those 
>>
>>>>options.
>>>>
>>>>Just from memory... search the archives for Truth.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Alternatively, get this kernel while you wait...
>>>
>>>
>>
> http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/full/downloads-fc2-kernel-i686.php
> 
>>>--
>>>Tarjei
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I just wanted to say that I tried the kernel from
>>the link above and it 
>>works straight up witht the NVIDIA 5336 drivers I
>>was playing Warcraft 
>>III a few minutes ago but I would like to recompile
>>just for some 
>>optimizations does anyone know where the source for
>>that kernel is.
>>
>>
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I think I need the actual source of the kernel, I thought the src.rpm 
was just for rebuilding the rpm but I'm just going to try a kernel from 
kernel.org and try turning off the 4k stacks.
Thanks





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