nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667

[Patrick Ryan Vinson]

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 21:08 -0500, Jim Martin wrote:
> Brian Callahan wrote:
> 
> >I just got it running with NO SOURCE installed. I used
> >/lib/modules/2.6.9-667/build/include as the source code for my running
> >kernel, editied the nv.c and then the module loads without any errors.
> >
> >BC
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-------- Original Message --------
> >>Subject: Re: nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667
> >>From: "Kim Lux" <lux at diesel-research.com>
> >>Date: Fri, November 05, 2004 8:36 pm
> >>To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases"
> >><fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> >>
> >>If you are implying that the Nvidia driver installs without source, you
> >>are partially wrong in the general and totally wrong in this case.  The
> >>Nvidia driver DOES install without kernel source code on common kernels,
> >>ie ones that the Nvidia team has compiled a kernel for and included in
> >>the install pack.
> >>
> >>However, if you read the driver fine print, you will find that if your
> >>kernel version isn't supported, you need to have kernel source installed
> >>in order to build the kernel.  That is precisely what the Nvidia
> >>"install" tool does. 
> >>
> >>Thus, I DO need kernel source to get an Nvidia driver running with
> >>2.6.9-1.667 as I highly doubt Nvidia had included a driver for this
> >>kernel in their install pack. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 15:21 -0800, Per Bjornsson wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:01, Kim Lux wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>BTW: Where did you get kernel source from ?
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>As per the usual answer here, you really shouldn't need it just to build
> >>>drivers. I think that Nvidia have picked up that clue by now, all even
> >>>mildly sane distros have something useful under
> >>>/lib/modules/<kernelversion>/build (be it a symlink or a real directory
> >>>with the needed files).
> >>>
> >>>If you actually want the source for building a custom kernel, that's a
> >>>legitimate use of course, and then there's instructions for how to get
> >>>the Fedora-patched source tree from the kernel SRPM in the distribution
> >>>release notes.
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>I've been running in VESA mode for 3 weeks now.
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>The nv driver, while not providing any 3D acceleration, should be _much_
> >>>better than using a vesa driver in terms of usable video modes etc...
> >>>You might want to use that as a backup instead.
> >>>
> >>>Best regards,
> >>>Per
> >>>
> >>>-- 
> >>>Per Bjornsson <perbj at stanford.edu>
> >>>Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>-- 
> >>Kim Lux (Mr.)  Diesel Research Inc
> >>
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> >  
> >
> I just installed the new 6629 nvidia driver in FC3 and it worked fine, 
> check www.nvidia.com for th update
> 
> BaVinic
> 

hm....didn't know there was an update...going to have to check this one
out....thanks for the info..