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Re: nVidia driver incompatible

To: "D. Stimits" <stimits@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: nVidia driver incompatible
From: Dan Swartzendruber <dswartz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 19:45:44 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <3B2FC7C0.E90FA25D@idcomm.com>
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On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, D. Stimits wrote:

> Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 at 1:52pm, Cliff Wells wrote
> >
> > > I know this is just a test release, but you should
> > > know that the nVidia driver available from the nVidia
> > > website doesn't work when installed on the Redhat
> > > 7.1-XFS system.
> >
> > The nVidia drivers don't work with devfs (as stated in their README), and
> > the SGI kernels have devfs turned on.  Try turning off devfs and see if
> > that helps.
> >
> > --
> > Joshua Baker-LePain
> > Department of Biomedical Engineering
> > Duke University
>
> I can confirm that my working version does NOT use devfs.

ditto.  i disabled devfs, since it was hosing other things...




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