ATrpms goes FC6

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Jul 01, 2006 at 12:43:29PM -0700, alan wrote:
> >>Cool.  The only problem I see is that the nVIDIA kernel driver is bjorken
> >>with xorg 7.1.  (And will be until they create a Linux driver for the 9xxx
> >>series of drivers.)
> >>
> >>Are there x86_64 builds?
> >
> >Yes, but only for the FC6t1 kernel (2.6.16-1.2289_FC6). I saw that the
> >build breaks for rawhide kernels, so I didn't make the nvidia builds
> >public, yet.

BTW the next ATrpms update will contain FC6 kmdls for rawhide kernels
(and userland), too. The constraints you mention below are still
valid, though.

> The problem with the nVIDIA kernel module is not the kernel.  It is that 
> the ABI for Xorg changed.  The driver builds fine, but display is weird. 
> Font display is iffy.  There is a way to get it working, but it involved 
> disabling render and abi.

Yes, you need Option "RenderAccel" "0"

> It is supposed to be fixed in the next revision of the nVIDIA driver, but 
> I have yet to get a timeline as to when that will be released.  (And the 
> new driver will be needed to get alglx running.)

I guess currently in FC6 scope one should avoid the nvidia closed
source driver. Hopefully there will soon be a fix. But I have the
impression that nvidia will probably wait until FC6 reaches closer to
release to fix any other new issues creeping up until then. Let's see.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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