kmod-nvidia not working in kernel-2.6.17-1.2139_FC5

[Scott R. Godin]

On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 15:56 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 July 2006 14:55, Scott R. Godin wrote:
> > > He says that when using the driver from livna the problems noted are
> > > fixed so most won't have a problem.  I personally never saw the
> > > problems he notes even when I used the driver directly from nvidia.
> >
> > https://bugzilla.livna.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1069
> >
> > status: RESOLVED
> > resolution: WONTFIX
> >
> > Why? proprietary.
> > passing up the pipeline? too much work.
> >
> > Thorsten's follow up commentary was additionally enlightening.
> 
> I'm curious.  Just what is it, on a box that must be 100% stable, that needs 
> the proprietary driver?

Nothing. I can live fine without it, I just wanted 2d redraw
accelerated, along with the openGL screensavers. I don't use the machine
for games unless I've booted to windows first, (and that only rarely, as
it's nothing to write home about cpu/vid wise), or for 3d-modeling.

It's got an nvidia chipset on the motherboard, so seeing that
kmod_nvidia was available, built for my FC release, and my kernel, I
went for it. 

I didn't find out (or realize) until much much later just how unstable
it really is.

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