Jack Question.

[jb]

I read something in the Nvidia documentation about the merge but I think 
I will take another look. I bet that is my problem, Thanks Dave



jb wrote:
> I didn't have any luck in the past trying to install it to more than one 
> kernel for some reason. I'm using the self installing driver from 
> Nvidia. It only works for a single kernel. When I boot to a new kernel 
> it wants to remove the driver from one and install it to the new kernel. 
> One kernel only, there must be a way to use it for more than one.
> 
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> Dave Andruczyk wrote:
> 
>> You just need to reinstall the nvidia kernel driver for the new 
>> kernel.  The
>> kernel module gets installed into /lib/modules/kern_vesion/... so you 
>> would
>> need to install it once for each kernel you plan on running...
>>
>> Best to download the linux driver (it's a self installer of sorts) from
>> nvidia's website and install it when booted up on your new kernel and all
>> should be OK.
>>
>>
>>> I'm using a Nvidia graphics driver and when I install another kernel 
>>> it will boot no problem with the RH9 generic driver, which doesn't 
>>> include OpenGL. Does anyone know how to be able to use the Nvidia 
>>> Linux driver for a second kernel boot? I had the boxed set RH9 kernel 
>>> with the driver and when I upgraded the kernel it had to uninstall 
>>> the driver on the first kernel and install it on the new kernel. I 
>>> can install different kernels to boot to but only one is able to use 
>>> the Nvidia driver. Hopefully I'm making sense, hehehe. Anyway the 
>>> Stanford kernel would be nice to try but I would like it to be able 
>>> to use the Nvidia OpenGL. I've tried to find info on multiple kernel 
>>> use with a Nvidia driver but I haven't really found much of anything. 
>>> I think I remember a couple of members are using Nvidia drivers. The 
>>> new 6629 will not work so I'm using 5336 which works great on my RH9. 
>>> If anyone can point me in the right direction for a howto or 
>>> something, I would appreciate it.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> =====
>> Dave J. Andruczyk
>>
>>
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