NVidia drivers on FC2?

[Jeff Vian]

On Sun, 2004-10-03 at 23:12, Globe Trotter wrote:
> Thanks!
> 
> I have never loaded this rivafb driver knowingly, but does not mean a thing:
> how do I find out if I really do load this driver? 
> 

if rivafb is loaded you can see it by doing an lsmod.

> Also the problem of gdm does not go away. Also, graphical boot goes haywire, so
> I took off the rhgb.
> 
> Thanks for any help, and best wishes!
> 
> --- Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz at uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
> 
> > Am Mo, den 04.10.2004 schrieb Globe Trotter um 5:03:
> > 
> > > I tried to install and during installation got the following messages:
> > > 
> > > 1) rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver.....NVIDIA driver will
> > not
> > > function properly if rivafb module is loaded
> > 
> > The is normal, if you call it that. A warning, nothing else.
> > 
> > > How do I know if it is being loaded or not? How do I not load it?
> > 
> > Just don't run rivafb based framebuffer on console.
> > 
> > > Also, while installing, there is a message:
> > > 
> > > idia: module license NVIDIA taints kernel.
> > 
> > Because the NVidia.com driver is a kernel module which is not under GPL.
> > The message means: if experiencing problems where the module is
> > involved, don't bother the kernel hackers with it.
> > 
> > Alexander
> > 
> > 
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