nvidia driver fails to load with the kernel-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 kernel

[Gain Paolo Mureddu]

Biswadip Paul wrote:

>Hi All,
>I have installed fc3 x86_64 on my compaq R3000.
>I have upgraded my kernel recently to
>kernel-2.6.10-1.741_FC3 and reinstalled the NVIDIA
>drivers. 
>But whenever I type the "modprobe nvidia".
>It gives me the error message:
> nvidia: Unknown parameter `'
>FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
>(/lib/modules/2.6.10-1.741_FC3/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
>): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see
>dmesg)
>
>Has anybody faced the same problem ?
>
>Thanks & Regards,
>Biswadip.
>
>
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For 2.6.10 kernels you should apply a couple of patches to the driver 
before installing it. You will need the latest driver from nVidia 
(6629)The patches are attached. To install them, just do the do the 
following:

cd /path/to/nvdriver_.run_file
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run --extract-only
cd NVIDIA-Linux-x56-1.0-6629-pkg1
patch -p0 -i /path/to/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-6629-1165235.diff.txt
patch -p0 -i /path/to/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-6629-1171869.diff.txt
su
passord:
./nvidia-installer

These are the patches posted at the Linux forums on nvnews.net.
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