Re: Installing nVidia GeForce4 Ti4200 drivers

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

matt zagrabelny wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 02:30, Richard Cavell wrote:
>  
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wish to extract my kernel source into /usr/src.  I downloaded it as a 
> > bz2 file.  Only root can write into this file.  My 'GNOME Desktop 
> > Manager' does not allow me to log in as root.
> >
> >    
> that is set by default, you can change it at the gdm login screen under
> preferences or setup or whatever it is.
>
>  
>
> > Now in KDE my Ark program will allow me to extract, but I can't write 
> > into /usr/src.  I can cheat by, say, extracting somewhere else then 
> > using root to move it in, but how would I do this properly?
> >
> >    
> you should add yourself to the group src. then you can untar kernel
> source to /usr/src. the less time spent as root, generally the better.
>
>  

There is no good reason to unpack source into /usr/src. /usr should be 
mountable ro, and if it is then you cannot.

The correct place to build kernels and other software is ~


Installing a deb that contains source is another matter altogether.



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John

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