NVIDIA driver *taints* kernel???
Guy Fraser
guy at incentre.net
Thu Jan 20 19:55:41 UTC 2005
On Tue, 2005-18-01 at 21:37 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Michael Cobb writes:
>
> > Steven,
> >
> > I have the same problem on a Opteron based FC-2 box with an Nvidia FX-500
> > card. I set runlevel 3, execute startx, and look at a blank screen. I have
> > been working on this problem for 2 weeks. So far no love from fedora!
>
> Good luck getting NVidia working on an Opteron. Their closed source driver
> is 32-bit only. It won't be easy to shoehorn it into a 64bit kernel. Even
> if it's possible at all.
>
> There are many graphics cards with reliable, open source, native x.org
> drivers. I suggest that you pick one, and support the vendors that support
> open source.
>
Again you are so wrong.
Go to :
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html
As you can see, these are the supported platforms :
Graphics Drivers
Linux IA32
Latest Version: 1.0-6629
Archive
Linux IA64
Latest Version: 1.0-5336
Archive
Linux AMD64
Latest Version: 1.0-6629
Archive
FreeBSD
Latest Version: 1.0-6113
nForce Drivers
Linux IA32 Drivers
Latest Version: 1.0-0292
Linux AMD64 Drivers
Latest Version: 1.0-0292
Go peddle you idiocy somewhere else moron.
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