f8 nvidia

Lonni J Friedman netllama at gmail.com
Mon Nov 12 22:19:17 UTC 2007


On 11/12/07, François Patte <francois.patte at math-info.univ-paris5.fr> wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman a écrit :
> > 100.14.11 hasn't been supported in many months, and wouldn't be
> > expected to work in a recent kernel.  You should be using 100.14.19
>
> Found that one. Compiling and installing went smoothly. Thanks. But I
> did not succeed in using it because something is missing in /dev and X
> did not find any screen.
>
> I tried to force the options to have the devices created (according to
> the readme) but this failed. I don't know why; this is the first time I
> encounter such a problem with nvidia driver.

Then follow the instructions in the driver README.

>
>
> > 100.14.23.  Reading all of the sticky posts on that forum would likely
> > help
>
> of course! but I feared to ask this question, last time I saw a post
> dealing with nvidia, there where hundred of totally uninterresting blah
> blah....
>
> > (and/or the driver README).
>
> The "good" readme is unfortunately the one you get once the driver is
> installed...

No, its also available on NVIDIA's website.

>
> BTW is there a place where to read a comprehensive list of optin
> "NVreg"? with explanations?

The driver README lists what is supported.




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