>>> If you are trying to install the proprietary nvidia driver, I think >>> it won't work with the kernel used in Gnewsense. Not sure tho... >>> >>> >> >> nvidia supports different linux distributions. Even in some kernel there >> are nvidia drivers imported, because the readmy files on nvidia tells, that >> those drivers should get disabled befor installing the new one. I think a >> have also seen somewhere the drivers code witch can be compiled, but i am >> not sure about this, it was on my first search on this issue. > > The driver from Nvidia's website is non-free software. gNewSense is about > providing users like you with a completely free computing environment. > Helping you install this driver would be the opposite of what this project > stands for, so we won't help you with that. > > The best that gNewSense can offer you now is the nv driver, which you're > probably using by default if you have Nvidia hardware. The nouveau project > is making a free driver with more features (like 3D support), but that's not > finished or easily installable yet, as far as I know.
And may I suggest switching video cards to a manufacturer that is more supportive of free software? AMD, for example, publishes the technical specifications needed to create free software drivers, and makes their hardware engineers available to speak with. _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list gNewSense-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
