nouveau on a kernel.org kernel not official Fedora kernel?

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Sun Jan 31 09:16:20 UTC 2010


Antonio Olivares wrote:
> I have compiled a kernel from kernel.org(2.6.30) to make a working kernel
> module for a dialup winmodem.

Can't this be made to work with the existing Fedora kernel (using kernel-
devel to build as modules are supposed to)?

> I copied exactly the Fedora config for the kernel without any
> modifications, the kernel starts up fine, but X does not work.  I know
> that I can use the nvidia binary driver here, but is there an easy way to
> make noveau work here?

You need to apply the Nouveau backports the Fedora kernel applies. They're 
all in the SRPM and in Fedora's CVS.

        Kevin Kofler



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