From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261662AbTJSPxu (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:53:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261719AbTJSPxu (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:53:50 -0400 Received: from [65.248.109.119] ([65.248.109.119]:49554 "EHLO ns1.brianandsara.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261662AbTJSPxr (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:53:47 -0400 From: Brian Jackson Organization: Gentoo Linux To: Max Valdez , kernel Subject: Re: nvidia.o on 2.4.22/2.6.0 ?? Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 10:53:46 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.9 References: <1066178010.14217.3.camel@garaged.fis.unam.mx> In-Reply-To: <1066178010.14217.3.camel@garaged.fis.unam.mx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200310191053.46675.iggy@gentoo.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 14 October 2003 07:33 pm, Max Valdez wrote: > Hi > > I know this is not really liked, but since I dont have a lot of money, > and this is the only "good" video card I have. > > Have anyone made a successful run of X with nvidia (closes source) > module ??, I have a TNT2 running on a 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 kernel, but when > I try to run X on 2.4.22* or 2.6.0* I alway get an error about my screen > and /dev/nvidia0. > > Is there any work on this ??, please dont tell me to change my video > card, because I cant. The gentoo nvidia-kernel package will apply the minion patch if you are running a 2.6 kernel, so there is no need to do all that by hand. Just make sure you run "emerge nvidia-kernel" for each new kernel. --Iggy > > Thanks in advance > Max > -- > Nunca ! Jamas ! > -- Home -- http://www.brianandsara.net Gentoo -- http://gentoo.brianandsara.net