nvidia drivers won't build

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 11/3/06, Rick Bilonick <rab at nauticom.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 00:52 -0500, Rick Bilonick wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 18:08 +0000, Felix Mathais wrote:
> > > look for autoconf.h and copy or symlink it into
> > > config.h
> > >
> > > Felix
> > By symlink I'm assuming you mean:
> >
> > > ln -s autoconf.h config.h
> >
> > This creates a symbolic link (config.h) pointing to autoconf.h. I did
> > this but I still could not get the nvidia driver (8776 I believe) from
> > the Nvidia download site to build, nor could I get nvidia-x11-drv rpm to
> > build and install. I was able to get the kmod-nvidia (and a related
> > file) to build and install - but, although it produces an accelerated
> > display capable of displaying HDTV .ts files, it locks up if you try to
> > change aspect ratio in mplayer, xine, and kaffeine. I just went to check
> > the nvidia driver version and sure enough the X11 display locked up.
> >
> > Rick B.
> >
>
> Given that X locks up when running xine, mplayer and kaffeine, I tried
> to install the nvida driver from the web site again. Now it builds and
> installs although it took several attempts and I also removed the
> kmod-nvia and related files. So the nvidia driver "works" but mplayer,
> xine, (and I'm assuming) kaffeine cause the system to completely freeze
> (so bad you can't get to a console terminal by hitting cntr alt f1)
> forcing a hard reboot. I never had problems with FC5 and the proprietary
> driver. It's a good thing this is a test unit and not the working HDTV
> recorder. At this point I don't see any option but to re-install FC5 and
> wait to these problems are resolved.

Did you report the these problems on nvnews.net?  If not, then the
odds of them being resolved are rather slim.


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