[64studio-devel] Installing NVidia binary driver

[Michael Pacey]

Hi

On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 23:22 +0100, ma_pri_2004 at yahoo.de wrote:
> Michael Pacey wrote:
> > Hi,
> Hello,
> 
> ...
> 
> > So: If anyone is able to help me out getting either the 2.6.17 or 2.6.19
> > SMP kernel images working with the nvidia-kernel module then I would be
> > over the moon, eternally grateful and happily using the software rather
> > than just trying to make it work on my system.
> A possibility could be to build your own 2.6.17 kernel and apply the 
> real time patches.
> 
> Kernel howto in french (thanks to Yo):
> http://www.linuxmao.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Compiler+un+noyau+2.6RT
> 
> Patch for 2.6.17 (I do not know if it runs on Debian, but it is for 
> Fedora Core 5 and 6): http://people.redhat.com/mingo/realtime-preempt/older/
> 
> Yes I know - it´s much work but maybe a solution.
> 

Thanks for your reply,

I could do as you suggest. It's just that the point - for me - of using
a specialised multimedia distribution like 64Studio is that I want to
spend less time worrying about getting the tools working and more time
pretending to be a musician. I'm sure this is what the 64 Studio
developers have in mind - well, maybe not the pretending bit.

I really like 64 Studio and I really want and expect it to be an
excellent distribution. I am truly grateful to the developers. I know
using proprietary drivers is a compromise and it frustrates me but
that's the choice I take to get a usable system up and running with
modern hardware - I have every optimism that in the longer term such
compromise will not be needed, but I only have one life and I want to
spend it not just being somewhat principled, but also somewhat
creative...

Michael