NVIDIA driver *taints* kernel???

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Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> Steven Pasternak writes:
>
>> 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?
>
>
> Advice: only use graphics cards that provide and support open source 
> drivers.
>
> Otherwise, the results will be what you have now.  Although on this 
> occasion you might be lucky enough to find someone to give you a 
> workaround, sooner or later you'll be boned.  Unless, of course, you 
> use precisely the kernel version and build that received the official 
> stamp of approval from NVidia.
>
>
This is good advice for me as well. i have a dual head nvidia card and 
used to run it that way with Nvidia's driver under linux. It must have 
been kernels they liked, because i cannot get it to run now. "nv" is 
working great, although i'm only on one monitor at the moment (which is 
fine).

i plan to keep this workstation and install for a while, so i'm thinking 
i will replace the graphics card with one that is more friendly soon. i 
wonder if nvidia cares that i've only ever purchased their cards, but 
will now go elsewhere for my graphics card needs.