[ILUG] nvidia driver on 2.3.x

[John P. Looney]

On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 06:44:03PM +0100, Nick Murtagh mentioned:
> yes, the drivers for redhat 6.1 smp kernel don't work with that kernel!
> you have to fix the drivers manually. this is how i did it:
> 
> 1) find the "unresolved symbol" in the kernel source.
>    [ grep may come in handy here ].
>    symbols with strange numbers at the end seem to be functions...
> 
> 2) include this in the makefile for the nvidia driver, or
>    add a #include to one of the source files, or, as i had to 
>    do, add your own source file to the makefile, containing
>    whatever bits nvidia forgot to include :)
> 
> this is a real pain in the ass, but it should work.
> i used the same method to get my sb live working on an smp
> kernel with a cvs version of alsa.

 I got it working eventually. Alas, it's still not working. Now, when I
start X, it's gives:

Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
(==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xfc000000,0x2000000)
(II) NV(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
        Screen to screen bit blits
        Solid filled rectangles
        8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
        Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion
        Solid Lines
        Offscreen Pixmaps
        Setting up tile and stipple cache:
                32 128x128 slots
                32 256x256 slots
                16 512x512 slots
(==) NV(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NV(0): Silken mouse enabled

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

 Mutter. nVidia hate me.

Kate

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