Hi, folks.

Does the standard nvidia driver installation procedure work now that Fedora Core 2 has upgraded their kernel to 2.6.6-1?

--Erich

No.
The problem is not the new 2.6 kernel.
The nvidia driver is (still!) not compatible with the default 4k stacks.

Thanks. This issue is just beyond my understanding.

why dont you just donwload a non fedora kernal?
its easy to install a new kernal in fedora
just do a seach in this forum to show you how

I know how to compile a kernel. That wasn't my question. Try not to assume you're smarter than everyone else, odds are you'll be wrong.

Please don't be so nastie to him, he's just trying to help you! But I thought nVidia updated their drivers now, but I'm not sure...

sorry but when you said


i asumed that you was new to linux or somthing along those lines

Along these same lines, once they do make a driver that works with the 4k stacks, do I have to reinstall it every time I update my FC2 kernel from up2date?

The nvidia drivers, does that pertain to nforce2 motherboards too, or just their graphics cards; and if it does, how would I install a compatible kernel using some sort of removable media (CD, floppy) cause I can't get into X in my Fedora core.

Yes.
(...their do exist some tools for this but I 've never used them...)

Why can't you start X?

my guess is he tryed to install the nvidai drivers on his feodra kernal

if that is the case i found the best way was to simply unconfigure the drivers
open vim
and open the /etc/x11/xorg.config or what ever it is file
and do the oppisite to when u install them
ie add the line load dri
and change thedriver from nvidia back to nv

I'm not being nasty. It's a simple matter of if I wanted to recompile my kernel I would have asked that question. I was more offended by the general tone of his post including his sig about searching.

But he's right. I said somethings (a lot of things, in my case) are just above my head. But I'm sure that's true for 99% of the members here (including those who've used Linux for many years), so I don't think anyone should talk down to anyone--including what they post and what they put in ther signatures. That's why I said what I did.

But it doesn't seem that was his intention, so no harm no foul. Sorry if I was nasty.

nVidia recently updated its drivers to resolve the 4k stacks issue.

Thanks. I saw that on Slashdot this morning and the new drivers are working great.