nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667

[Manu Abraham]

On Sat November 6 2004 5:51 am, Ricardo Veguilla wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 18:36 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> > 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.
>
> The nvidia installer includes pre-compiled modules for the kernels
> shipped with most distributions, that is correct. But the nvidia
> installer can compile the module without the kernel source installed.
>
> > 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.
>
> Did you try? I used to regularly compile the nvidia modules (before the
> 2.6.9 kernel) without the kernel-source RPM installed (which I've never
> installed in my system).
>
True, i never download the pre-compiled kernel modules, i always let the 
installer do the compilation.

Manu