Download the latest rc kernel. Download the latest nvidia driver. Here are the patches. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1575714&postcount=54 Now extract the kernel enter the top level kernel directory. Code: patch -p1 </[path to patch]/2.6.25-nvidia-fix.patch Then make any changes you want to the kernel and compile it. Code: fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd kernel_headers kernel_image Now extract the nvidia installer Code: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.12-pkg2.run -x Code: cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.12-pkg2 Code: patch -p1 </[path to patch]/nvidia-drivers-169.12-kernel.patch Reboot into your new kernel Do not run the Nvidia installer. Instead go to the Nvidia directory that was created when you extracted the driver. Code: ./nvidia-installer NOTE::- this is linked to the x64 driver. The i-x86 should work out of the box.. but if you want to experiment you will know how to use the correct filenames That should solve some of these nvidia questions..
More nvidia reference materials.. ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8178/README/index.html [also double posting to get that stupid retard off the main page]