NVIDIA driver *taints* kernel???

[Michael Cobb]

Steven,

I have the same problem on a Opteron based FC-2 box with an Nvidia FX-500
card. I set runlevel 3, execute startx, and look at a blank screen. I have
been working on this problem for 2 weeks. So far no love from fedora!

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Steven Pasternak
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:46 AM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: NVIDIA driver *taints* kernel???

I use fedora 3 on an athlon xp and an nvidia geforce fx 5200. I go to
install 
the Nvidia driver version 1.0-6629 and during the installation at the end it

says that the license 'Nvidia' taints the kernel, but it still continues and

seems to work. If I boot in runlevel 5, though, it gets to the part where it

starts X (right at the beginning) and X doesn't start - It freezes. I 
uninstall the driver and use the 'nv' driver and it works. I have to compile

the kernel module because it can't find one at the nvidia site. When I'm in 
runlevel 3 I can run the accelerated graphics until I shut down, then I have

to boot runlevel 3 and recompile the module again. Any advise?
-Steven

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