dkms module fails (2.6.23.1-10.fc7, nvidia 96xx-1.0.9639-1)

Troy Engel tengel at fluid.com
Tue Nov 6 21:11:33 CET 2007


Troy Engel wrote:
> 
> I just tried the upgrade as well and the module fails to build with the 
> brand new FC7 kernel, this is the "classic" NVidia package for those of 
> us with older cards (I'm on a Dell Precision 450). I think this is a 

Matthias, I found a forum with the same problem and a patch that seems 
to work for people, might we get a new package of the 96xx driver?

   Forum thread:
   http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=95296&page=2

   Unofficial patch page:
   http://home.hiwaay.net/~craigg/linux/NV_patch.html

An NV employee "zander" said in that thread "Yes, we plan on addressing 
this in the regular and legacy drivers, eventually." so who knows when 
any official fixes will be forthcoming.

Thx,
-te

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Troy Engel | Systems Engineer
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