RE: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111

From: Aaron Gaudio (prothonotar_at_tarnation.dyndns.org)
Date: 09/14/04

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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:54:15 -0400

    On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 09:08 -0400, Beej wrote:
    > On 14 Sept 2004 Eric Tanguy Wrote:
    > > I try to install NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1 all is fine except at the
    > > end and the module can't be loaded.
    > > When i run rpm -qa | grep kernel, i obtain :
    > > kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521
    > > kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.131
    > > kernel-2.6.8-1.521
    > > so the sourcecode is installed and correspond to the running kernel.
    >
    > Okay this is good!
    >
    > > WARNING: Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support as
    > > a loadable kernel module.
    > >
    > > The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver; the
    > > NVIDIA kernel module will still be built and installed,
    > > but be aware that the NVIDIA driver will not be able to
    > > function properly if the rivafb module is loaded!
    > > -> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
    > > executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
    >
    > The rviafb driver is not a problem. When I installed my drivers using this method i got the same warnings and just moved on. No problems have been encountered, so far, on my machine.
    >

    It's not a problem so long as you don't actually have the rivafb module
    loaded. Use /sbin/lsmod to make sure. 

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