kernel source and nvidia [was: (no subject)]

[Phil Schaffner]

On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 16:36 -0500, Jesse Jarzynka wrote:
>         I have been trying ALL DAY to install a driver other than the
> 6629, and
> it seems IMPOSSIBLE to install the kernel sources.

Should not need the kernel sources; however, if you really want them,
this has been a frequent topic since FC3testX, and it looks like
Alexander Dalloz already explained it for you once:

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-November/msg01526.html

> I tried to manually
> install the rpm and after i install it it does nothing, in fact even
> after it's installed I can keep installing it over itself. I even
> apt-got it and got the same response. I tried using the prepackaged
> rpms
> from atrpms but I can't figure out what driver to use after that. This
> is insane. nVidia needs to learn to support all the cards or give up.

All cards, or all distros/kernels/users?  Seems they do a pretty fair
job of shooting at the moving target, except that they COULD open-source
their drivers.

Phil