On Friday 19 December 2003 00:33, Jason Stubbs wrote: > On Friday 19 December 2003 16:19, Collins wrote: > > On Thursday 18 December 2003 17:28, Cybercar wrote: > > > Hi everibody, I'll tell you before begin this that I'm sorry for my bad > > > english, I'm from spain :) > > > > > > So, I've downloaded the 2.6.0 realeased kernel, and after compiling it > > > I 've seen I couldn't run the X because it doesn't work. > > > > > > There's a problem with nvidia-kernel. Then I've been googling and I > > > find out that there isn't any official nvidia drivers for 2.6.0. > > > Then I downloaded the 4496 nvidia-kernel from nvidia and the patch for > > > it on http://www.minion.de/nvidia.html , then I follow up the > > > instructions and I've got an error after doing patch Makefile > > > ..../NVIDIA_kernel.......diff on make install and i cannot did it yet. > > > > > > Could anybody help me with that? > > > Thanks everybody. > > > > I don't know about the patch you are referring to, but I used 4496 as is > > on all 2.6.0_testn kernels through test8. > > That's the 4496 version from portage, right? If so, it gets the minion > patch automatically if a 2.5.57(?) or later kernel is detected at > /usr/src/linux.
Right. So the question remains: why does it work for me without a hitch and not for Cybercar? Did something change post-test8? -- Collins -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
