Re: kernel-2.4.18 module mis-install
> "Jonathan Brandmeyer" <...> writes:
> > Installed the stock kernel-image-2.4.18-i686 debian package, with
dselect.
> > Installed and unpacked kernel-source-2.4.18, with dselect and tar.
> > Downloaded and unpacked nvidia-kernel-source and nvidia-glx-source, with
> > apt-get and tar.
> > Built nvidia-kernel-source the Debian Way:
> > (in /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 )
> > make oldconfig
> > kpkg-make modules
>
> You need to make sure you get the .config file that goes with the
> kernel, which isn't going to be the default one in the kernel-source
> package. Try copying /boot/config-2.4.18-686 to .config, and then
> running 'make-kpkg modules-image' again.
Thanks. It worked perfectly.
> (The Righter Way to do this, from what I can tell, is even more of a
> pain; you can get the kernel-image-$KVERS-i386 source package, which
> build-depends on the kernel-source-$KVERS binary package; you need to
> emulate its behavior to build custom modules, though. Ick. You can
> also do things with kernel-build-* packages, but only in unstable, and
> again not terribly cleanly.)
>
> --
> David Maze dmaze@debian.org http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/
> "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal."
> -- Abra Mitchell
>
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