Hi there, Curtis Olson wrote: > On 1/14/07, Donn Washburn wrote: > >> Agree! But it caught me by surprise after a upgrade and the only thing >> that failed was Flightgear. I alway avoid runlevel 5 so no runlevel >> problem here. But not every Linux user has a complete kernel source >> ready to have the NV.run work. Anyway it was a warning for those that >> have NVidia video cards and SuSE. > > I suspect FlightGear is probably the only OpenGL based app that you run > regularly. > > At least on Fedora, you've never needed full kernel source installed to > install the NV drivers. As of FC6, the nvidia drivers install ontop of a > stock FC6 install.
I generally will move to a new suse within weeks of it appearing, and a new nvidia driver within days. Always I have had to roll my own kernel module by ensuring I have the kernel source installed. I think only some distros are supported with prebuilt kernel modules in the nvidia driver. One thing I do *not* do is upgrade the kernel itself if I have apps I have built against kernel source, as the kernel upgrade in my experience tends to break those apps, which then require to be rebuilt with the new kernel source. I like to upgrade apps, but the system if it works well I leave alone... > I have had SELinux issues in past versions of FC where the extra protection > prevented the nvidia drivers from being able to load/run, but there are > selinux commands you can run to unprotect the individual libs. I don't think SELinux is that paranoiac in suse unless the default mode gets changed by the sysadmin. Again, I don't touch those things as the only experience I've had in changing those things is trouble. Kind regards, Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
