> > People on this list are assumed to be competent enough to be able to > download an SRPM and rebuild it, getting a kernel-source package to do it. >
Could not have said it better myself. Go to the nVidia site; they will tell you straight out that they have a limited supply of stock Linux drivers; if you don't see what you need, or aren't certain that it is there, get the source and rebuild it to match your running kernel. If you are running a Cooker kernel, a kernel.org kernel, or countless others, you are SOL unless you know how to rebuild. I think they cover stock Red Hat, stock Mandrake 9.0, and maybe stock Suse. Forget anything else. It's Console City for you, most likely, if you take your chances with the wrong one. The only times I've had trouble with my nVidia cards is when I forgot to rebuild the drivers when upgrading my kernel. Rebuild in console mode, install, reboot, all is fine with the world. Lesson learned. It's like living around the Great Lakes in the U.S. You can take your chances and not put snow tires on your car when winter approaches, but don't cry when you can't get out of your driveway. You have nobody to blame but yourself. Brutal? Yes. Honest? You'd better believe it. Don't like it? Buy an iMac. J -- What the gods would destroy they first submit to an IEEE standards committee.
