nVidia installer needs kernel-source to compile driver
Douglas Stewart
dstewart at atl.lmco.com
Wed Nov 5 14:43:17 UTC 2003
Albert DE WINT wrote:
> The Fedora installer might include the option to install the
> kernel-source rpm by default, whenever an nVidia card is detected.
>
> On step further might be to present the nVidia installer after the
> Fedora installation has finished. The user would have the option to get
> the 3D driver installed immediately.
>
> Would the nVidia company have any objections?
>
I don't think the objection is on nVidia's end, it's on RedHat's end.
The nVidia drivers are closed-source, which goes against the philosophy
of RH distros.
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Doug Stewart
Systems Administrator/Web Applications Developer
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs
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