NVIDIA Question
by David St.Clair
This may be a dumb question, but why can't Redhat distribute NVIDIA binary
drivers?
In NVIDIA's licence (http://www.nvidia.com/object/nv_swlicense.html) it
says:
"2.1.2 Linux Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of Section
2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux operating system
may be
copied and redistributed, provided that the binary files thereof are not
modified in any
way (except for unzipping of compressed files)."
So, what's keeping RedHat from putting the drivers in the distribution? If
it's a GPL
thing, would it be easy to just download it during installation or at
least give the option to the user?
Thanks,
--
David St.Clair
dstclair(a)cs.wcu.edu
1 year, 4 months
Mouse goes crazy
by Jonathan Villa
Ok, I have had Yarrow working well for a while now, but yesterday I
started experiencing some odd issues with my mouse. All of a sudden it
stops working correctly. The only thing that seems to fix is to kill X
and run mouse-test, then restart.
Any ideas?
Also, I have FC 1 running on a desktop which is hooked up to a KVM
switch. Whenever I go to another PC, and return, the same thing
happens, the mouse goes crazy.
???
1 year, 4 months
RE: Compiling NVIDIA driver for -ntpl kernel
by Ossama Khayaat
> -----Original Message-----
[SNIP]
> From: Marc Schwartz [mailto:MSchwartz@MedAnalytics.com]
> Don't forget to remove the Mesa-LibGL rpm before doing that.
>
> Use:
>
> rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGL
>
> You will need to do that before running both of the NVidia install
> processes and will need to repeat that when there are XFree86 and
kernel
> updates.
>
> Also, I have found that removing the Mesa-libGL will cause some
> dependency issues when using up2date. So be aware that you may need to
> uninstall it again after some updates.
If I may ask, why do I have to remove this? I've always used the NVIDIA
driver, before fedora, and never had a problem.
Thanks
Ossama
19 years, 4 months
kernel panic
by alton bailey
Ijust upgrade my kernel from 2.6.0.1.104 to 2.6.0.1.107 and then reboot my
system and I got the following error kernel panic: vfs unable to mount fs on
unknown -block(0,0) what could be the cause of that an how to solve that
problem
19 years, 5 months
Fedora 2.6 kernel problems
by Ryan Nix
Hello,
Someone posted a reply/fix to this yesterday and unfortunately, I
deleted it. :-[
I get a kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on hda2. I believe
the fix had something to do with the grub.conf file.
Can anyone offer any pointers?
Thanks in advance!
Ryan
19 years, 5 months
Re: Fedora 2.6 kernel problems
by alton bailey
Here is the grub stanza -
>title Fedora Core(2.6.0-1.107)
> root (hd0,2)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-mm1 ro root=/dev/hda2
This is what I use ro root=/dev/hda2 and it works
Thanks for the help
>From: joe <joe(a)tmsusa.com>
>Reply-To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
>To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
>Subject: Re: Fedora 2.6 kernel problems
>Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:59:34 -0800
>
>alton bailey wrote:
>
>>that did not work for me and i tried /dev/hda instead and I still get
>>panic
>>VFS : Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
>>VFS : Cannot open root device "LABLE=/dev/hdax or unknown-block(0,0)
>>kernel panic: vfs unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
>
>No, that should be root=/dev/hdax, not "LABEL=/dev/hdax"
>
>Working fine here -
>
>Here is the grub stanza -
>title Red Hat Linux (2.6.0-mm1)
> root (hd0,2)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0-mm1 ro root=/dev/hda3
>
>
>Joe
>
>
>
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19 years, 5 months
Re: Fedora 2.6 kernel problems
by alton bailey
that did not work for me and i tried /dev/hda instead and I still get panic
VFS : Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
VFS : Cannot open root device "LABLE=/dev/hdax or unknown-block(0,0)
kernel panic: vfs unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
>From: Cliff Kent <cliff(a)villagevisions.com>
>Reply-To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
>To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
>Subject: Re: Fedora 2.6 kernel problems
>Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:51:56 -0500
>
>I have this from yesterday. Hope it's what you want.
>
>--------------< snip >----------------
>
>try root=/dev/hdax in grub.conf, hdax is your root
>partition.
>I hope it works.
>
>Regards,
>Bartolomeus Irwanto
>
>
>
> >> Ijust upgrade my kernel from 2.6.0.1.104 to
> >> 2.6.0.1.107 and then reboot my
> >> system and I got the following error kernel panic:
> >> vfs unable to mount fs on
> >> unknown -block(0,0) what could be the cause of that
> >> an how to solve that
> >> problem
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >> fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
> >>
>
>
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19 years, 5 months
kernel source
by alton bailey
I am trying to install kernel source 2.6.0.1.104 and I got an error message
kernel source 2.6.0.1.104 require gtk2-devel
kernel source 2.6.0.1.104 require qt-devel can some one point me to these
packages I have look ant the fedora site but no luck
19 years, 5 months
A Newbie with 2135 and trying to install NVIDIA 4496 or 5328
by Keith Goode
OK, this is how far I have got and can't get any further... Help!
Arghhhhh!
I put the system at runlevel at 3, logged in as root, and ran the .run
pkg for either the 4496 or 5328.. No matter what, it tells me it does
not know where my kernel (or I need to recompile...) is and wants me to
include --kernel-include-path...
I know I have 2135, but, does anyone know what I am supposed to do?
This is the first time I have ever run Linux at all, and I do not know
anything! At least the Fedora installation went easy enough for me to
understand, I even kept Windows 2000 on board!
Thanks,
Keith Goode
19 years, 5 months
Re: kernel source
by alton bailey
Thanks for your help I got it and everything went well
>From: Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz(a)uni-bielefeld.de>
>Reply-To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
>To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
>Subject: Re: kernel source
>Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 06:06:47 +0100
>
>Am Mo, den 29.12.2003 schrieb alton bailey um 02:54:
> > I am trying to install kernel source 2.6.0.1.104 and I got an error
>message
> > kernel source 2.6.0.1.104 require gtk2-devel
> > kernel source 2.6.0.1.104 require qt-devel can some one point me to
>these
> > packages I have look ant the fedora site but no luck
>
>1)
>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os/Fedora/...
>2)
>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os/Fedora/...
>
>What is so hard to find it? For easiest install just type in on
>console/xterm:
>
>up2date-nox -i qt-devel gtk2-devel
>
>Alexander
>
>
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19 years, 5 months
