FC6 and NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9626

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 10/25/06, Kim Lux <lux at diesel-research.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 18:50 +0200, Denis Leroy wrote:
> > Well you could also wait a few days for the dust to settle, then
> > udpate
> >   to FC-6 and use the drivers provided by the friendly Livna people...
> >
> a) we shouldn't be dependent on a non profit repository to generate
> drivers for a video card

You're not.  Many others managed to figure out what was needed simply
by going to nvnews and reading the thread.

>
> b) nobody warned me there was a driver problem.  It wasn't in the
> release notes, for example

Because the release notes pre-dated the kernel you're using.

>
> c) I've built drivers for my nvidia card before without problems, so why
> shouldn't it work this time
>
> d) I've had way, way too many problems building nvidia drivers.  Every
> time one changes kernels one is building a new driver.  Always trying to
> find the right version of the driver to match the new kernel. Very
> stupid.

I don't know what your kernel & driver version history is, but unless
you've have incredibly bad luck, this degree fo frustration is far
from the norm.  And your (c) seems to contradict your (d) so I think
you're just exagerating the scope of the problem.

>
> I got it to work, remember.  Its just such a stupid, unnecessary pain !

By using a relatively 'bleeding edge' distro you've chosen to accept
some risk & pain.  If you don't want the pain, then use a more stable
distro such as RHEL, where the kernel rarely changes for the life of
the product.

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