On Sun, 2004-02-15 at 23:37, Steve wrote:
> On Sunday 15 February 2004 09:34 pm, Paul M Foster wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 08:32:39PM -0500, Steve wrote:
> > > On Sunday 15 February 2004 06:06 am, Joe Brandt wrote:
> > > > Have you downloaded the kernel source and compiled your own
> > > > NVidia drivers?
> > > >
> > > > The NVidia drivers were the hardest hurdles to overcome in Linux.
> > >
> > > Sure. Easy sailing. I do it every time there's a new kernel.
> > >
> > > Just make sure you have the kernel source installed. Then change
> > > runlevel to 3. Execute the next line as root, and it will build a
> > > new driver for you.
> > >
> > > sh NVIDIA_XXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > I thought nvidia didn't issue source, only binaries for their
> > drivers. Was I wrong?
>
> Nah. You're not compiling, just linking.
Yeah, it's the kernel interface that changes so often it's easier to
make it for each one, but the drivers are still binary only.
-- Another hour, another error report... - Eric S. Raymond on
linux-kernel
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