Re: xfree86
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 03:25:43PM -0600, Adam McDaniel wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 04:35:50PM -0400, timo@bolverk.net wrote:
> > nv.c:50: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory
> > make: *** [nv.o] Error 1
> > loki:~/src/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1251#
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Have you compiled in your own kernel yet? If not I would recommend that you
> do... If you need this up and running immediatly, make sure you have the
> appropriate kernel-headers-xxxx debian package installed and running.
> xxxx being your current kernel version (not the 'debian' version... I beleive
> for a standard install of woody its 2.2.17.)
I have not.
> Finally...check under /usr/src, There should be either a directory named linux
> with the headers/source installed, or it should be a symbolic link to the
> proper location. If that's missing,.. Make a link to the source dir.
I don't have that either. I do have a /usr/include/linux, but it
does not contain modversion.h.
I did warn that I'm a newbie, right?
>From suggestions here I'm going to assume that should just start
with compiling a kernel. I did attempt getting debian kernel
package 2.4.9 first to see if that helped any. Obviously, it
did not. I've never compiled a kernel before and it is a daunting
task. I'm not really sure if I'm up to doing it right away. I do
appreciate the help!
timo
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