Well, since I still can''t figure this out, and the answer would help both of us (Drakonite and I), I decided to post this not-quit-linux-gamedev question (as in: just about linux ). Anyway, here''s the problem: with Slackware 8.0 (kernel 2.4.5) the NVidia kernel module fails to load due to unresolved symbols. Specifically:

__global_cli

__global_save_flags

__global_restore_flags

tqueue_lock Could someone tell me (us) what exactly we have to do to get rid of these errors? My guess would be that another module or two has them, and it needs to be loaded, but we don''t have it. I searched for a long while trying to figure this out, and still haven''t (NVidia won''t help me either ) so any suggestions are welcome . [Resist Windows XP''s Invasive Production Activation Technology!]

Ok, I got lucky (i.e. by messing around) and found a way to fix it. This is what I did, incase anyone else needs this information in the future:

Make sure you''re out of X (of course) and have downloaded the tarball''s. Then do this:

cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig dep

Hit exit, and let it save. Now you wait a while for it to compile. Then you do:

make clean

Then wait a while again. Then do:

reboot

After you boot back up follow the normal NVidia instructions for installation. I had to do the whole process twice (I think I did something wrong the first time, but I''m not sure what) before it worked. Also, I had to add:

Option "IgnoreEDID" "On"

To the Screen section of my XF86Config file. NVidia confirmed that there''s a bug in their drivers that requires this in some cases, you probably won''t need to do this.

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