2 appz needed to be REcompiled every reboot.... ( little boring )

[Jeff Vian]

On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 14:28 -0300, Pedro Macedo wrote:
> Em Qua, 2005-05-04 às 19:20 +0200, Manu Linux Lookit escreveu:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > i'm using 2 software under FC3/770 :
> > 
> > - nvidia drivers
> > - vmware
> > 
> > These 2 applications needed to be recompiled every reboot of my computer.
> > 
> 
> You should read the release notes.. It's all there.. The problem is that
> the install step of these two creates some devices under /dev. Since FC3
> uses udev , those entries will not be there on the next reboot , unless
> there's a rule for creating those devices or a copy of the /dev entries
> on the udev dir . I dont recall the specific details on how to do this ,
> but as I said , the release notes knows it all.
> 
> --
> Pedro Macedo
> 

This was covered recently in discussion about the latest nvidia driver.
It seems the problem with udev and the driver has been fixed by now as
long as you are using a recent kernel, are updated, and have the latest
nvidia drivers.