[64studio-devel] Installing NVidia binary driver

[Wolfgang Grillitsch]

Am Montag, 22. Januar 2007 02:18 schrieb 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
>
>
>
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I also had the problem in december - I posted my solution to the list. So take 
a look at
 
http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-develhttp://lists.64studio.com/pipermail/64studio-devel/2006-December/002936.html

perhaps this is a solution for you.
If it helps please post your experiences.

regards Wolfi