Compiling NVIDIA driver for -ntpl kernel

joe joe at tmsusa.com
Tue Jan 13 04:36:31 UTC 2004


Elton Woo wrote:

>On October 28, 2003 03:49 pm, Mike A. Harris , <"Mike A. Harris" 
><mharris at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>We are not going to make ugly hacks for software installed
>>outside of rpm context.  It defeats the entire purpose of rpm in
>>the first place, and opens the door for 10000 other software
>>companies out there to request and expect special treatment and
>>hacks for their software too.
>>    
>>
>I see your point, and I agree with you totally. FYI, the nVidia drivers
>are no longer installed via rpm, but an "all-platform" *.run
>script.
> ... I guess I'll have to live with it until nVidia update their drivers to
>work with the newer kenels. No major heartbreak, but an annoyance
>nonetheless, to have to do those two steps, each time  ...
>  
>
Huh? what do you mean "work with newer kernels"?

Joe - happily running 3D accelerated nvidia on fedora!

Joe
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