On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, ephemeron wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 12:28:15 -0800 (PST) > Andy Ritger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, ephemeron wrote: > > > > > With XFree86 4.1. it appears that downloading the nVidia binary drivers > > > is the only way to get Xv working. Which can be a problem for those who > > > aren't using an RPM-based system. > > There are also tarballs available on NVIDIA's website. > I know. No problem. I have it up and running. The problem is, I don't > like the nVidia binaries. And not because they're binaries. It seems > that every time I compile a particular linux version. I have to > recompile the kernel-dependent binary. The NVdriver is a (linux) kernel module. When you compile a different kernel, any modules you use have to be compiled for this new kernel. The NVdriver is no different. That's the way it works. > RPM's make the binary installation less of a chore. But I don't have an > RPM-based system. Wouldn't it be nice if the binaries were simple cp > <path-to-driver> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ affairs? I don't know what kind of a setup you've got, but I don't use RPMs either, and a simple # cd /usr/src/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2314/ # make does the trick for me. You could write a little script, that compares the kernel and nvdriver date. If the kernel is newer than the driver, let it run above commands. Put the script in your rc.local or /rc.d/init.d or whatever and it's done at boot. Problem solved. Greets, Yuri _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
