On Sunday 09 April 2006 13:40, steef wrote: > hello list, > > i installed a 'non-free' driver from the nvidia website in kernel > 2.6.8-2-386. > [sh /home/steef/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1.run] > > dmesg gives me the following unwholesome message: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep nv > nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. > > what evil, if any, can come out of this installation?
Taints it with P for Proprietary options. You cannot use any debugging output from that kernel with the kernel developers and not expect them to dismiss it as a tainted kernel. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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