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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