RE: Forgive the rant...but - Some better ideas

[Jeremy Dreese <jdreese bucknell edu>]

> On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 20:35 -0500, taroon-list-request redhat com
> wrote:
> > May I please second Nathan's suggestion? How about a concrete example or
> > 2 - using DKMS, strings, scripts - whatever it takes to put this nVidia
> > driver to bed? It'd be really nice to have a new kernel update ready to
> > fly once up2date has finished it's task. I've read the DKMS papers.
> > Seems like a really slick solution. I'd like a little more tutorial /
> > examples before venturing off on my own. Frankly, I'm surprised by all
> > the response I've gotten. Thanks all.

You can download the Dell NVidia package, which uses DKMS, here:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=R84011

This is how I got started.  I downloaded the source RPM and looked at
all the pieces to get a better understanding of how DKMS works.

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Jeremy Dreese
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