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Re: make-dpkg: flavors and external modules



"Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov> writes:

> martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net> writes:
> > also sprach Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org> [2002.03.26.2015 +0100]:
> [snip]
> > /etc/modules is simply a file listing one module a line to be loaded
> > at startup. /etc/init.d/modutils will do the actual work of loading
> > the modules according to this file. it's started from
> > /etc/rcS.d/S20modutils during bootup.
> > 
> > > No, it's only provided by Nvidia.  I just followed the instructions at
> > the
> > > Nvidia site:
> > >
> > >     http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux
> > >     http://205.158.109.140/XFree86_40/1.0-2802/README
> > > 
> > > Which is:
> > > 
> > > Instructions for the Impatient:
> > >     
> > >         $ tar xvzf NVIDIA_kernel.tar.gz
> > >         $ tar xvzf NVIDIA_GLX.tar.gz
> > >         $ cd NVIDIA_kernel
> > >         $ make install
> > >         $ cd ../NVIDIA_GLX
> > >         $ make install
> 
> The best way to do this is to use the Debian nvidia-kernel-src and
> nvidia-glx-src packages in the contrib/x11 section. At least under
> testing and woody that's the best way.
> 
> > ugh! closed source.
> 
> Not really. The source is provided. I believe the issue is the
> license restrictions on that source.

Only a small part of the source is provided.  The rest is in compiled
object modules that are linked when you run make.

-- 
Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>


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