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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
To: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Missing nvidia.ko, cannot install nvidia driver
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:42:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CE64668.1060803@ladisch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201011182208.00077.gene.heskett@gmail.com>

Gene Heskett wrote:
> All of a sudden it seems I cannot find the option that makes a kernel build
> include the build and install of
> /lib/modules/2.6.36/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko

There is no option for that module, neither in 2.6.33 nor in 2.6.36,
because that module is not part of any kernel from kernel.org.

Nvidia's closed-source driver is evil, so do *not* click on this link:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html


Regards,
Clemens

      reply	other threads:[~2010-11-19  9:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-19  3:07 Missing nvidia.ko, cannot install nvidia driver Gene Heskett
2010-11-19  9:42 ` Clemens Ladisch [this message]

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