kernel 2.6.9 and the nvidia video driver

[Klaus-Peter Schrage]

Ken Moffat wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:

>> You're doing better than I am.  I've *never* been able to use the 
>> nvidia driver with any 2.6.x kernel version.  My GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 
>> 8x always works for about 5 seconds, and then X locks up, and there's 
>> a PCI bus error in the log.  The x.org driver works flawlessly.

> fyi:
> I'm running debian versions/offshoots (debian 3.0, ubuntu, mepis) and I 
> have had no problem installing the nvidia drivers from .debs,. The 
> kernel is 2.6.8.1 in ubuntu, and 2.6.7 in the others, I believe.

I had no problems with the nvidia driver up to kernel 2.6.8
(Vidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400])
This seems to be a 2.6.9 issue.
Klaus