Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 22:11, HD wrote:
>Tero Hanninen wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 30 May 2004, HD wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I am preparing to upgrade to FC2 from FC1 and I am currently using the
>>>5336-Nvidia Driver with FC1. During the upgrade will it
>>>automatically revert to the 2d nvidia driver? Or do I need to do
>>>something before upgrading? I don't mind just using the 2d driver for
>>>a while since I only occasionally use 3d. But I don't want anything to
>>>go badly wrong during or after the upgrade to fc2.
>>>
>>
>>
>>I'm posting this running FC2 and the 5336 Nvidia driver.
>>
>>I'll assume you're using the official Nvidia driver on your FC1 and
>>not the
livna.org ones (as far as I know there are no Nvidia rpms for
>>FC2 yet).
>>
>>You'll have to recompile the Nvidia kernel module after upgrade to FC2
>>as your kernel will change from 2.4 series to 2.6. This is what the
>>Nvidia README has to say:
>>--------------
>>Q: I just upgraded my kernel, and now the NVIDIA kernel module will
>>not load. What is wrong?
>>
>>A: The kernel interface layer of the NVIDIA kernel module must be
>>compiled specifically for the configuration and version of your
>>kernel. If you upgrade your kernel, then the simplest solution is to
>>reinstall the driver.
>>--------------
>>
>>I have a quick and dirty Nvidia installation HOWTO in my blog over here:
>>http://www.betabyte.net/node.php?id=133
>>
>>Your milage may vary, but I'll post it here anyway in hope that it'll
>>help someone
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Tero
>>
>>
>
>Thanks you very much! This information will all be very helpful when I
>get to that point.
>
>But I guess I didn't ask my initial question clearly enough or perhaps
>I am simply asking the wrong question. What I am actually wanting to
>know... Once I have upgraded to FC2 and before I am able to recompile
>the Nvidia kernel module for the new kernel... will X work? And Will
>FC2 with it's new kernel be using the nv driver until I get 5336 one
>complied and installed? If not what will I actually be seeing?
Yes, X will work. Fedora Core 2 comes with the "nv" driver.
Now, I just tried the new NVIDIA 5336 driver and I get no X.
I checked for errors in the X log file but did not find any.
I am probably missing something simple after following the above
instructions. I am trying this on my Dell Precision M60 Laptop.
Any ideas?
I will try on my desktop and let you know what happens.
>Thanks
>
>--
>HD
>
>Tipping my hat to Fedora.
Thanks!! Hope all goes well on your desktop. And good
luck sorting out
the laptop problem.
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HD
Tipping my hat to Fedora.