Latest f8 kernel vs startx, 1-0
Gene Heskett
gene.heskett at verizon.net
Tue Jan 29 03:32:50 UTC 2008
On Monday 28 January 2008, John Thompson wrote:
>On 2008-01-28, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
>> The latest yum installed kernel (2.6.23.14-107.fc8) boots to runlevel
>> 3 just fine, but startx fails, something about the GLX module even though
>> I have a script that builds a fresh nvidia.ko in my rc.local list that did
>> run successfully.
>>
>> So I'm back on 2.6.23.9-85.fc8 ATM.
>
>What happens if you try the open source "nv" driver instead? Did you
>recompile the proprietary NVidia modules for the new kernel?
>
Yes, I long ago wrote a script to do that automatically. Its launch is the
last line in rc.local. If its a reboot and the module is present, it does
nothing, if its missing, it builds and installs it as part of the boot
process so I don't have to worry about it. I sat here and watched it build
the module for 2.6.23.14-107-fc8.
I can post the script, and how its setup, if anyone is interested.
Thanks John.
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