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Re: [ossig] Re: [myoss] FC2 + NVIDIA driver
It's now working -- NVIDIA driver + NTFS.
I was going through the resources on the net and was a bit paranoid
about breaking my x windows. Thanks for the assurance. Installation was
straight forward without having to do much acrobatics (kernel
2.6.8-1.521).
Thanks.
L8R
Jason Tan Boon Teck
jasontn@pc.jaring.my
"I do not wish to realise when I die, that I had not lived ... Carpe
diem."
Quoting Colin Charles <byte@aeon.com.my>:
> On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 17:42 +0800, Jason Tan Boon Teck wrote:
> > I've managed to get NVIDIA's driver to work on FC2 after changing
> the
> > kernel to use 16k stacks. However, I cannot find the NTFS kernel
> module
> > rpm that is compatible with this kernel. Hence, it's either
> graphic
> > acceleration or NTFS access, not both.
>
> You're already using a non-FC2 kernel by using nVidia's provided 16k
> stacks kernel, and the NTFS kernel module is packaged based on the
> standard FC-2 kernel
>
> Now, nVidia has fixed their drivers to work with 4k stacks - so why
> are
> you doing otherwise?
>
> There have also been some recent security holes, which is why The
> Fedora
> Project have pushed an update to the FC-2 kernel - it is now pretty
> much
> in sync with the FC-3 kernel (and nvidia drivers *do* work)
>
> > Is there a solution, short of recompiling, etc.?
>
> I'd suggest recompiling, to reduce problems, especially since you're
> already using one binary only driver...
> --
> Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my
> http://www.bytebot.net/
> "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,
>
> then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi
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