[PlanetCCRMA] nvidia with rrt kernel

Bob Wilkinson wilkinson.bob@comcast.net
Thu Feb 1 06:08:02 2007


Which nVidia driver are you using?


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Robert Jackson <Robert.Jackson@student.manchester.ac.uk>
> I've searched the archives to try and get the nvidia supplied graphics driver
> "nvidia.ko" working with the 2.6.16-1.rrt kernel on FC5, and from what I
> gather, if the nvidia installer will build a driver, it may work. When I have
> built the module, I have had no errors, and the driver has been loaded and
> worked fine the first time I have loaded X.
> 
> However, once restarted, the driver is not loaded, with the error
> Module "nvidia.ko" not found
> Disabling nvidia-glx
> 
> despite patching it according to
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=75095
> 
> In short, my question is:
> a) is it possible (i.e. has anyone managed) to run the nvidia module on
> planetCCRMA rrt kernel?
> b) has anyone suffered the problem I've got, and overcome it; or has anyone else
> any suggestions as to how to get it working?
> 
> Thanks in advance, and I know this is the sort of thing that will have been
> asked before, but nothing on search!
> Rob
> 
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