NVidia Driver for Kernel 2.6

2003-08-22 Thread Joe Giles
Hello, Several months ago (Or weeks as my mind is slipping :-P) some one on this list helped me compile the NVidia driver for the 2.5 kernel tree. They also sent me a config file to play with. I cant remember the method that was discussed on how to patch the nvidia driver or how to create

Re: NVidia Driver for Kernel 2.6

2003-08-22 Thread Bret Hughes
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 14:53, Joe Giles wrote: Hello, Several months ago (Or weeks as my mind is slipping :-P) some one on this list helped me compile the NVidia driver for the 2.5 kernel tree. They also sent me a config file to play with. I cant remember the method that was discussed

Re: NVidia Driver for Kernel 2.6

2003-08-22 Thread Joe Giles
the NVidia driver for the 2.5 kernel tree. They also sent me a config file to play with. I cant remember the method that was discussed on how to patch the nvidia driver or how to create the sym links. Could that person, or someone else shoot me the link on the how to for that. Or if you

Re: Nvidia Driver

2003-08-17 Thread fred smith
On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 08:05:41PM -0700, Miguel M. wrote: Ok thxs for the help, but i tried that and it didnt work. so i put true instead of false and everything worked. just letting everyone know ;) Mine says: Option NoLogo on and I DO NOT get the logo. --- Anand

Re: Nvidia Driver

2003-08-16 Thread Anand Buddhdev
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:44:21 -0700 (PDT) Miguel M. wrote: Sup everyone Yeah I installed the driver and everything is working. Only thing is that when X starts, a very big nvidia splash screen comes up right b4 GDM( thats the default in RH 9, right?). I cant believe such a thing was put

Re: Nvidia Driver

2003-08-16 Thread Miguel M.
Ok thxs for the help, but i tried that and it didnt work. so i put true instead of false and everything worked. just letting everyone know ;) --- Anand Buddhdev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look for a Device section which has the line 'Driver nvidia'. Insert 'Option NoLogo false' at the end of

Nvidia Driver

2003-08-15 Thread Miguel M.
Sup everyone Yeah I installed the driver and everything is working. Only thing is that when X starts, a very big nvidia splash screen comes up right b4 GDM( thats the default in RH 9, right?). I cant believe such a thing was put there... I found a way to get rid of it: Option NoLogo boolean

Nvidia driver problems

2002-12-25 Thread Albert A. Ogonevskij
Hi there! i'm trying to install NVIDIA drivers for my redhat 7.3 and i see such thing: [root@abyss NVIDIA]# rpm -ivh NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.rh73up.i386.rpm Preparing...### [100%] 1:NVIDIA_kernel

Re: Nvidia driver problems

2002-12-25 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, Albert A. Ogonevskij wrote: Hi there! i'm trying to install NVIDIA drivers for my redhat 7.3 and i see such thing: [root@abyss NVIDIA]# rpm -ivh NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.rh73up.i386.rpm Preparing...### [100%]

Re: Nvidia driver problems - SOLVED

2002-12-25 Thread Albert A. Ogonevskij
On Wed, Dec 25, 2002 at 07:43:43AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, Albert A. Ogonevskij wrote: Hi there! i'm trying to install NVIDIA drivers for my redhat 7.3 and i see such thing: [root@abyss NVIDIA]# rpm -ivh NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.rh73up.i386.rpm

Re: Nvidia driver problems - SOLVED

2002-12-25 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:42:42 -0500, Albert A. Ogonevskij wrote: Very strange thing: [root@abyss NVIDIA]# ls NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm [root@abyss NVIDIA]# rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm: No such

Re: Nvidia driver problems - SOLVED

2002-12-25 Thread Albert A. Ogonevskij
On Wed, Dec 25, 2002 at 04:12:06PM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:42:42 -0500, Albert A. Ogonevskij wrote: Very strange thing: [root@abyss NVIDIA]# ls NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm [root@abyss NVIDIA]# rpm

RE: Re: Possible conflict between multiple kernels and Nvidia driver installation -- NVIDIA HAS UPDATED DRIVERS

2002-12-17 Thread Alex Réné
Thanks again Michael It so happens I went to the Nvidia website today, and they have updated their linux drivers... S' all working just fine ... for now :p AL3XR Michael Schwendt Wrote: I have been trying to install the updated drivers for my nvidia graphics card, and it seems there

Re: Possible conflict between multiple kernels and Nvidia driver installation

2002-12-12 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12 Dec 2002 13:56:14 +0800, Alex RENE wrote: I have been trying to install the updated drivers for my nvidia graphics card, and it seems there might be a conflict during the install... To summarize what I did: I run RH8 on a pentium III =

Video Acceleration w/ NVIDIA Driver?

2002-11-27 Thread Christopher Henderson
Does the proprietary nvidia driver support the Xvideo extension for accelerated video playback? Thnx! ~Christopher

Re: Video Acceleration w/ NVIDIA Driver?

2002-11-27 Thread nate
Christopher Henderson said: Does the proprietary nvidia driver support the Xvideo extension for accelerated video playback? yes, on my athlon 1300, with 2.2.19 and a geforce2 I can play full screen 1600x1200 MPEG-1 videos with about 5% cpu utilization under xine. nate -- redhat-list

Re: nvidia driver horrors

2002-01-15 Thread Nick Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * On 15-01-02 at 09:09 * fred smith said I think the problem may be todo with the fact that after installed all of ther errata the kernel is no longer 2.4.7-10 but 2.4.9-13 (only just thought of this) and I expect the kernel headers

nvidia driver horrors

2002-01-14 Thread Nick Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I can't seem to get the nvidia drivers installed correctly, (although I managed once before) I was hoping someone could take a look at the last few lines of the X log file for me? Firstly, I am using the i386 kernel and glx rpm's to be certain.

Re: nvidia driver horrors

2002-01-14 Thread Robert Dege
Might I suggest reading the installation docs provided by nVidia's web site? Hence: If you already have an XF86Config file working with a different driver (such as the 'nv' driver), then all you need to do is find the relevant Device section and replace the line: Driver nv with

Re: nvidia driver horrors

2002-01-14 Thread Nick Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * On 14-01-02 at 16:22 * Robert Dege said Might I suggest reading the installation docs provided by nVidia's web site? Looks like you didn't do this. Here, let me give you the URL :) Of course I did all that, you don't think I'd post

Re: nvidia driver horrors

2002-01-14 Thread Charles Galpin
! yes, that'sd your problem. Get the source rpm and rebuild/install after you change (or even recompile) your kernel. I find it highly annoying thta just recompiling the same kernel version requires rebuilding the NVIDIA driver. charles ___ Redhat-list

Re: nvidia driver horrors

2002-01-14 Thread Nick Wilson
recompiling the same kernel version requires rebuilding the NVIDIA driver. charles Yep, everythings cool now, cheers Charles. Nick Wilson Tel:+45 3325 0688 Fax:+45 3325 0677 Web:www.explodingnet.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info

Re: nvidia driver horrors

2002-01-14 Thread Gerry Doris
Also, if you have changed the kernel then you need to rebuild the driver. Once again, read the docs. It is all in there. Gerry On 14 Jan 2002, Robert Dege wrote: Might I suggest reading the installation docs provided by nVidia's web site? Hence: If you already have an XF86Config

Re: nvidia driver horrors

2002-01-14 Thread Gerry Doris
The problem is that the nvidia driver makes changes to the kernel. If you recompile the kernel the changes are lost. Gerry On 14 Jan 2002, Charles Galpin wrote: On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 10:29, Nick Wilson wrote: I think the problem may be todo with the fact that after installed all

Re: nvidia driver horrors

2002-01-14 Thread fred smith
On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 04:29:42PM +0100, Nick Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * On 14-01-02 at 16:22 * Robert Dege said Might I suggest reading the installation docs provided by nVidia's web site? Looks like you didn't do this. Here, let me

Re: nvidia driver horrors

2002-01-14 Thread Lewi
On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 06:17:36PM -0500, fred smith wrote: On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 04:29:42PM +0100, Nick Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * On 14-01-02 at 16:22 * Robert Dege said Might I suggest reading the installation docs provided by