nvidia taints kernel

[gripner]

Hi

I have tried to install nvidia drivers 7676 on newest dapper to get around nvidia 8xxx drivers agp problem.

i have installed vi synaptic kernel header for kernel (uname -r) and build-essentials

Compilation works great nvidia.ko and all other files builds and installs. modprobe loads nvidia with no errors. lsmod | grep nvidia shows nvidia and agpstuff

X wont start tho, i asume thats cus dmesg say nvidia taints kernel.....

HOW and why ? its compiled with the right kernel headers etc

[celloandy]

The business with "tainting the kernel" isn't keeping X from starting. That appears any time you load a non-GPL module, as dynamically linking the kernel (which is GPL-licensed) with anything non-GPL-licensed is legally questionnable, so your once-completely-Free kernel has now been "tainted." It'll still work, though. It just whines. It sounds like there's another problem. Perhaps post your xorg.conf and/or your xorg logs?

Andrew

[gripner]

I see, thanks for the answer. ill see if i can dig up some logs, gona have to reinstall since i installed FC5 to see how it was.

from head i do remeber X exiting with couldnot load moduole nvidia, module not found

[Cableless]

Hi

I have tried to install nvidia drivers 7676 on newest dapper to get around nvidia 8xxx drivers agp problem.

i have installed vi synaptic kernel header for kernel (uname -r) and build-essentials

Compilation works great nvidia.ko and all other files builds and installs. modprobe loads nvidia with no errors. lsmod | grep nvidia shows nvidia and agpstuff

X wont start tho, i asume thats cus dmesg say nvidia taints kernel.....

HOW and why ? its compiled with the right kernel headers etc

Why compile? Use the 7174 drivers that are in the Dapper repository.

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-legacy

Do you need the 7676 drivers for a specific reason?

[gripner]

tried the 7174 drivers but only gave me a black screen in wow so i decided to try 7676 since i knew ppl run wow very good on em

Well got 7676 to work, just install em and copy the files that are installed from old xorg6.x install path to where xorg7 look for files. Still blackscreened tho :P