Richard Houser wrote: > As I understand it, Mandrake's policy is that the download edition only > contains free software (as in open source with few if any exceptions).
No more exceptions. > The NVidia drivers are not provided in a source format (they consist > largly of pre-compiled object code), so they do not fit into these > restrictions. > > I do think it would be a major plus for mandrake if the mandrake > customized rpms were posted on NVidia's driver page They are. They are also on the commercial CDs, they are also on Mandrake Club, I even made updated ones for the kernel update for 8.2. -- even if it's as > simple as just renaming the package. I doubt NVidia would object to > such a request. I personally use the NVidia provided SRPMs to compile > my own (and I have had minor issues with modules getting lost anytime I > boot into another kernel and back). I posted a 3 line script that would rebuild the SRPMs here a few days back. If people want out the box support for proprietary drivers, they should buy the dist. Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
