On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 11:18:59AM -0500, Dave W wrote: > On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 03:56, Ian D. Stewart wrote: > > NVDriver is the linux kernel module. nvidia is the X display driver. > > > I might be wrong (sure wouldn't be the first time) but I believe that > starting with 4191, the module is called nvidia. Prior to 4191 the > module was called NVdriver. I had a heck of a time getting 4191 to > work after switching from 3123 because of the module name change. > > Running 4191 I show: > > # lsmod > Module Size Used by Tainted: P > nvidia 1466944 10 > > and I'm pretty sure it used to say NVdriver there. > > Please, correct me if I'm wrong. Perhaps I'm confusing the driver > and the module. But there was definitely a change with the latest > version of the commercial nvidia driver and I definitely went through > h*ll getting it to work. Ultimately, at least in my case, the problem > was that on my box that ran the newest version, I had in /etc/modules > "load nvidia" and on another box running an older version "load > NVdriver." Yes, I've noticed this too. -rob
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