RE: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111

[Aaron Gaudio <prothonotar tarnation dyndns org>]

On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 09:08 -0400, Beej wrote:
> On 14 Sept 2004 Eric Tanguy Wrote:
> > I try to install NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1 all is fine except at the
> > end and the module can't be loaded.
> > When i run rpm -qa | grep kernel, i obtain :
> > kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521
> > kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.131
> > kernel-2.6.8-1.521
> > so the sourcecode is installed and correspond to the running kernel.
> 
> Okay this is good!
> 
> > WARNING: Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support as
> > a loadable kernel module.
> >
> > The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver; the
> > NVIDIA kernel module will still be built and installed,
> > but be aware that the NVIDIA driver will not be able to
> > function properly if the rivafb module is loaded!
> > -> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
> > executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
> 
> The rviafb driver is not a problem.  When I installed my drivers using this method i got the same warnings and just moved on.  No problems have been encountered, so far, on my machine.
> 

It's not a problem so long as you don't actually have the rivafb module
loaded. Use /sbin/lsmod to make sure.