nvidia drivers won't build

[David Cary Hart]

On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:07:52 -0500, Rick Bilonick <rab at nauticom.net>
opined:
> 
> Given that X locks up when running xine, mplayer and kaffeine, I
> tried to install the nvida driver from the web site again. Now it
> builds and installs although it took several attempts and I also
> removed the kmod-nvia and related files. So the nvidia driver
> "works" but mplayer, xine, (and I'm assuming) kaffeine cause the
> system to completely freeze (so bad you can't get to a console
> terminal by hitting cntr alt f1) forcing a hard reboot. I never had
> problems with FC5 and the proprietary driver. It's a good thing
> this is a test unit and not the working HDTV recorder. At this
> point I don't see any option but to re-install FC5 and wait to
> these problems are resolved.
> 
Have you tried a lower version. I had no joy until I went down to
8776 vs 9626.
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