Can't build NVIDIA drivers

[RL]

Ahh, Yeah I totally forgot I was using the driver package I had
downloaded a few weeks ago.  Now, will NVIDIA have to keep updating
their drivers to support future kernel releases such as .12, .13, .14,
etc?


On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:20:11 +0200, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:
> Am Mo, den 28.03.2005 schrieb RL um 3:05:
> 
> > This worked fine until I compiled my own kernel using the 2.6.11.6
> > source code.  I have tried installing it using the two main ways:
> >
> > 1. yum install nvidia-glx kernel-module-nvidia-`(uname -r)`  But I get
> > the following:
> > No Match for argument: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.11.6
> 
> Because none so called kernel and kernel modules is available for Fedora
> Core as an RPM.
> 
> > 2. I have also run the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run file but it
> > errors when building.
> 
> Use the newer NVidia closed source driver:
> 
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7167-pkg1.run
> 
> It has changes for 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 kernels. If build still fails
> compare your .config with the one of the Fedora Core kernel, in especial
> the video section.
> 
> Alexander
> 
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