[mythtv-users] Re: FX5200 for Mythtv?

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 07:54, Ben Curtis wrote:
> > Um, that's because the driver is tied to the kernel version. You build 
> > a kernel module for your kernel, and if you change your kernel, you no 
> > longer have a kernel module for your kernel. Simply recompile the 
> > nVidia driver after installing and booting the new kernel, and presto, 
> > it works again. Magic, eh? 
> >
> 
> I tried that, neglecting the warning in Tyler Butler's guide. I re-ran 
> the nvidia driver install from runlevel 3 and it was a no go. Starting X 
> resulted in nill :(

Odd. If the driver works for one kernel, it should work for another.
I've managed to get it working with quite a wide variety of kernels
(ATrpms, Red Hat, SGI and home-brew, all without incident).

> I didn't go that far into it at the time however, b/c at the time apt only 
> had .11 so I went ahead and did a manual compile for .12 using the 
> standard redhat kernel.

It *should* be possible to get the nvidia driver working in that
situation... But as always, ymmv, depending on a myriad of different
factors... :)

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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