Re: nVidia installer needs kernel-source to compile driver
Albert DE WINT <[email protected]>
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Ok, allow me to rephrase. Could there be any objection against a script to clear the path to the nvidia installer and to install the kernel-source rpm by default, anticipating the newbie linux user to run the nvidia installer himself after the intial Fedora install? Op wo 05-11-2003, om 15:43 schreef Douglas Stewart: > Albert DE WINT wrote: > > The Fedora installer might include the option to install the > > kernel-source rpm by default, whenever an nVidia card is detected. > > > > On step further might be to present the nVidia installer after the > > Fedora installation has finished. The user would have the option to get > > the 3D driver installed immediately. > > > > Would the nVidia company have any objections? > > > > I don't think the objection is on nVidia's end, it's on RedHat's end. > The nVidia drivers are closed-source, which goes against the philosophy > of RH distros. -- fedora-test-list mailing list [email protected] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list