5336-Nvidia Driver

[HD]

Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 22:11, HD wrote:
> 
>>Tero Hanninen wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 30 May 2004, HD wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am preparing to upgrade to FC2 from FC1 and I am currently using the 
>>>>5336-Nvidia Driver with FC1. During the upgrade will it 
>>>>automatically revert to the 2d nvidia driver? Or do I need to do 
>>>>something before upgrading? I don't mind just using the 2d driver for 
>>>>a while since I only occasionally use 3d. But I don't want anything to 
>>>>go badly wrong during or after the upgrade to fc2.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm posting this running FC2 and the 5336 Nvidia driver.
>>>
>>>I'll assume you're using the official Nvidia driver on your FC1 and
>>>not the livna.org ones (as far as I know there are no Nvidia rpms for
>>>FC2 yet).
>>>
>>>You'll have to recompile the Nvidia kernel module after upgrade to FC2
>>>as your kernel will change from 2.4 series to 2.6. This is what the
>>>Nvidia README has to say:
>>>--------------
>>>Q: I just upgraded my kernel, and now the NVIDIA kernel module will
>>>not load.  What is wrong?
>>>
>>>A: The kernel interface layer of the NVIDIA kernel module must be
>>>compiled specifically for the configuration and version of your
>>>kernel. If you upgrade your kernel, then the simplest solution is to
>>>reinstall the driver.
>>>--------------
>>>
>>>I have a quick and dirty Nvidia installation HOWTO in my blog over here:
>>>http://www.betabyte.net/node.php?id=133
>>>
>>>Your milage may vary, but I'll post it here anyway in hope that  it'll 
>>>help someone
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Tero
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Thanks you very much! This information will all be very helpful when I 
>>get to that point.
>>
>>But I guess I didn't ask my initial question clearly enough or perhaps 
>>I am simply asking the wrong question. What I am actually wanting to 
>>know... Once I have upgraded to FC2 and before I am able to recompile 
>>the Nvidia kernel module for the new kernel... will X work? And Will 
>>FC2 with it's new kernel be using the nv driver until I get 5336 one 
>>complied and installed? If not what will I actually be seeing?
> 
> Yes, X will work.  Fedora Core 2 comes with the "nv" driver.
> 
> Now, I just tried the new NVIDIA 5336 driver and I get no X.  
> I checked for errors in the X log file but did not find any.
> 
> I am probably missing something simple after following the above
> instructions.  I am trying this on my Dell Precision M60 Laptop.
> Any ideas?
> 
> I will try on my desktop and let you know what happens.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>Thanks
>>
>>-- 
>>HD
>>
>>Tipping my hat to Fedora.
Thanks!! Hope all goes well on your desktop. And good luck sorting out 
the laptop problem.

-- 
HD

Tipping my hat to Fedora.