[ATrpms-users] Re: Cannot load nVidia 7167 driver

[Axel Thimm]

On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 01:32:20PM -0500, Boris Goldowsky wrote:
> Has anyone on this list gotten the 7167 nvidia driver working with
> x86_64 architecture?  On my system, even after following the advice
> posted so far on this list (use atrpms kernel, use updated driver with
> patch, run nvidia-graphics-switch, add alias to /etc/modprobe.conf)
> after the nvidia splash screen I get either a black screen or a screen
> with random diagonal lines and an unresponsive system.
> 
> The kernel module gives a warning when loaded, and the README has a
> warning about potential problems (related to change_page_attr) with
> x86_64 and 2.6.10 series kernels.  I assume that is the issue here, but
> wonder if it can be made to work.

According to the README, if you have < 2.6.11, you must live with
either X crashes or random memory corrumption. Quite ugly ... :/
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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