On Thursday 22 Aug 2002 14:37, Per ?yvind Karlsen wrote: > that's not entirely correct > there are sources for the kernel-module, but not the GLX module > NVIDIA_GLX-blablabla.src.rpm contains only precompiled binaries > NVIDIA_kernel-blablabla.src.rpm cointans the source for the kernel > module anyway, the license prohibits mandrake to ship these packages > with the distro, does'nt it?
It doesn't stop Gentoo from distributing them. > > gabor wrote: > >there aren't any nvidia source packages... > > > > > >the srpm you are talking about is simply a collection already-compiled > >of object-files ( or how to call them in linux), so you can link them > >for the current kernel... no sources. > > > >bye, > >gabor > > > >On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 09:06, Thomas Backlund wrote: > >>>>Could it be possible to use them in Mandrake 9.0? Maybe they could > >>>> be included into 9.0 relese? > >>> > >>>Are they not binary-only? They will be treated as the Nvidia, ie not > >>> in the download version, hopefully drakx/XFdrake can be made to > >>> support them if installed (which Nvidia drivers are). > >> > >>Would it be possible to include nVidia drivers in the download > >> version? Just a thought, since they exist as both binary and source > >> packages? > >> > >>Thomas > >> > >> > >> > >>Tämä viesti on virustarkistettu INRITEL OY:n postipalvelimella. -- Gentoo Linux (portage-2.0.28). KDE: 3.0.3 Qt: 3.0.5 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ 513MB. Kernel: 2.4.19-win4lin Linux user #275590 (http://counter.li.org/). up 14:23. #=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=#
