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hardy server kernel and nvidia driver

Asked by Peter

Just upgraded from gutsy where I was running the server kernel to get to all my RAM but now am back to generic 3gb since the nvidia driver is giving me issues...
Since the nvidia 'restricted' driver isn't available on server (at least I can't find it...) I tried to manually install and ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.12-pkg1.run says it can't deal with XEN support in the kernel.
Is there any way around this (apart from a custom kernel)?
Is Xen support new to the server kernel or did NV impose something new?
Why can't PAE be enabled on the generic kernel (is it the i686 vs i586 optimization)?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Bryan Donlan (bdonlan) said : 		#1

The server kernel must support the new paravirtualization drivers. Theoretically nvidia should still work, but closed source drivers are not known for their quality :)

Your best bet is probably to build your own kernel with support for PAE, but based on the desktop kernel.

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Peter (fistan) said : 		#2

Groovy, thanks - off a kerneling I go!