NVidia drivers on FC2?

Globe Trotter itsme_410 at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 4 04:12:16 UTC 2004


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? 

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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