NVIDIA & Kernel 2.6.3-2.1.283

[Raphael J.]

shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:

> Raphael J. wrote:
> 
>> Installed new kernel, rebooted and rebuilt my NVIDIA drivers(1.0-5336) 
>> for X
>> without any problems.
>> But now when Fedora tries to start the X display i just get a black 
>> display and
>> the complete system freezes. I can't switch to the text consoles.
>>
>> I hope this is just a temporary problem and will be fixed in the next 
>> kernel version.
> 
> 
> 
> wishful thinking
> 
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2003-October/msg02059.html
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Nvidia proprietary drivers are unsupported by Red Hat.  Nvidia
> has web forums for discussion of problems and technical support
> for their users however which you might find useful.  If you
> report problems there, most likely Nvidia will fix them for their
> next driver release once Fedora Core 1 is officially released.
> </snip>
> 

Just tried the latest kernel 2.6.3-2.1.240, same problem.
After a quick search on the nvidia forums I found out that a beta driver
is out. Gonna try that one if I can find i