On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 22:40 +0200, steef wrote:
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> 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?
> 
> regards,
> 
> steef
> 

Nothing at all. That message appears only (I believe) because the module
is proprietary. 

Carlos

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