Paul Johnson wrote:
On Sunday 09 April 2006 13:40, steef wrote:hello list, i installed a 'non-free' driver from the nvidia website in kernel 2.6.8-2-386. [sh /home/steef/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8756-pkg1.run] dmesg gives me the following unwholesome message: steef@debian:~$ dmesg | grep nv nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. what evil, if any, can come out of this installation?Taints it with P for Proprietary options. You cannot use any debugging output from that kernel with the kernel developers and not expect them to dismiss it as a tainted kernel.
hi paul, got rid of the nvidia-driver. like freesoftware more than 3D. r., steef -- steef van duin hist. drs. journalist, publicist groningen, netherlands