----- Original message from Luis Torres  on 2007-08-09 +0100 at 15:34:46-----

> Hi Troy,
> 
> Thanks for the hint. It is now working. However it involved a few more
> steps, which might be evident for someone more experienced, but here it
> is as it might be helpful for someone else:
> 
> I had kernel 2.6.18-8.1.3 instaled and the latest is now 2.6.18-8.1.8
> so I did as suggested:
> yum install kernel-devel (brought in *-8.1.8)
> yum install kernel (installed latest version and I rebooted using it)
> yum install kernel-headers (Nvidia complained about missing headers and
> aborted before I did this)
> 
> I used sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run kernel-source-path
> /usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-8.1.8.el5-x86_64
> 

       Hello,

       one can also make a nvidia module for an other non running
       installed kernel with  a command like :

  sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run 
--kernel-name='2.6.9-55.0.2.EL-smp-x86_64' -K
  sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run 
--kernel-name='2.6.9-55.0.2.EL-x86_64' -K


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