Re: building nvidia drivers

[Simon Guerrero <simon@incarnis.com>]

This worked for me:

This worked for me for kernel 2.6.8-11-amd64-generic.

Good luck

Simon




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Make sure the following are in /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://amd64.debian.net/debian-amd64 stable main non-free contrib
deb http://amd64.debian.net/debian-amd64 unstable main non-free contrib

Make sure you've got all the kernel sources - all these are needed as 
they have symbolic links in them.

$ apt-get install kernel-kbuild-2.6-3 
kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-generic kernel-headers-2.6.8-11 
nvidia-kernel-source nvidia-kernel-common

Get the module assistant:

$ apt-get module-assistant

Set up the appropriate kernel sources ready for the module assistant:

$ m-a -i prepare

Build the kernel module:

$ m-a a-i -i -t -f nvidia-kernel

Now get the other packages needed for getting the nvidia drivers working:

$ apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-glx-dev

If you haven't got xfree86 installed, install it:

$ apt-get install xserver-xfree86

Otherwise, reconfigure it:

$ dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

Select 'nvidia' for the driver when prompted. Enter whatever you want 
for the card name, and just press 'return' for the Bus Identifier and 
for amount of RAM.

All other options depend on what you want. Best bet is to select 
'simple' for the monitor configuration!

Dean Hamstead wrote:

> hi all
>
> just did a clean install on my shiny new amd64
>
> before i post mboard specs (im running on a dfi lanparty ut sli-d)
> can someone shed some light on why i cant built the nvidia drivers
> i followed the instructions on alioth it didnt work ;)
>
> now for some details (as root)...
>
> mele:/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8# MAKEFLAGS="CC=gcc-3.4" 
> make-kpkg --append-to-version -11-amd64-k8 modules_image
> /usr/bin/make EXTRAVERSION=-11-amd64-k8-11-amd64-k8   \
>                                  ARCH=x86_64 oldconfig
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8'
>   HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
> scripts/kconfig/mconf.c:91: error: static declaration of 
> 'current_menu' follows non-static declaration
> scripts/kconfig/lkc.h:63: error: previous declaration of 
> 'current_menu' was here
> make[2]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [oldconfig] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8'
> make: *** [stamp-kernel-configure] Error 2
> mele:/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8#
>
> bummer nothing!!
>
> heres my sources.list, im up to date (apt-get update; apt-get upgrade)
>
> mele:/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
>
> deb http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/debian-amd64/debian/ unstable 
> main contrib non-free
> deb http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/debian-amd64/debian/ stable 
> main contrib non-free
> #deb-src http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian-amd64/debian/ unstable 
> main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
> mele:/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8#
>
>
> Dean