nvidia install with new 2129.nptl kernel

[AuntieParticle]

Peter Backlund wrote:

> Hello,
>
> users of the Nvidia rpms from www.educ.umu.se/~peter/nvidia should 
> note that there are new builds of kernel-module-nvidia-driver 
> available for the updated 2.4.22-1.2129.nptl kernel.
>
> As it says in the beginning of the INSTRUCTIONS.README file, you only 
> need to download and install the new kernel-module-nvidia-driver rpm 
> if you have previously installed the driver using those rpms. So, for 
> example, if you have an athlon UP system, download
>
> kernel-module-nvidia-driver-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl-1.0.4496-0.fdr.10.1.athlon.rpm 
>
>
> and run rpm -ivh on that file.
>
> If you're installing for the first time, you'll need to read the 
> instructions on how to do that.
>
> Please report any problems here, or on irc (moZer-wka on #freenode, 
> irc.freenode.net).
>
> /Peter
>
>
Woo Hoo ! I did it! I was a bit nervous about it after reading what 
seemed like a thousand messages on nvidia in the archives. But I 
followed the instructions in the readme for installing the rpms for the 
first time and it worked great on my athlon. There is now a nvidia 
splash that comes up just before the graphical login that I've never say 
before but I assume that's normal. My screensavers are working well and 
I played TuxRacer... woohoo! I'm not generally into games but it was 
great so see how well it worked... think I'll go back and play again :)

Thanks for all your work.
AP