* Peter Good ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 18:52, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > > * Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > * Kyle Girard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > > > Has anyone been able to get the nvidia drivers to work with the stock > > > > 2.4.14 kernel? > > > > > > > > I've compiled the drivers many times before but it just doesn't want to > > > > work with this kernel ... no matter what I do I get unresolved > > > > symbols... i've tried using the kernel headers in the kernel-source > > > > package and the kernel-headers package but nothing works > > > > > > It's not supposed to. Search kernel mailing list archives for > > > details. (And email nvidia, ask them to update the drivers.) > > > > (Seeing that someone has it working) actually, I've seen messages > > about nvidia drivers not working on 2.4.14 on the kernel list, but > > I haven't tried that myself (I have other problems with 2.4.14). > > > > Dima > 2.4.14 + nvidia kernel/glx 1541 works perfectly here, altho i WILL mention > this. > > When i went from 2.4.12 to .14, I had to totally trash the nvidia drivers and > dir's, it just wouldn't compile otherwise (package error maybe?), but once I > got around that, up it came. Then, in a fit of madness, I decided not to > assign an IRQ for VGA in bios, that killed the drivers instantly, unresolved > symbols. Once I switched that on, it worked perfectly, and has done since, > including Twinview with SVIDEO out. > > Which 2.4.14 is it that you are using? The source direct from kernel.org? or > the Debian package? (I'm using direct from kernel.org)
Plain kernel built with make-kpkg. When I booted it, it couldn't find /dev/discs/disk0 (!). I'll stick to 2.4.12 for now, thankyouverymuch. Dima -- We're sysadmins. Sanity happens to other people. -- Chris King
