Re: nVidia drivers
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 03:48:28PM +0100, Rupert Heesom wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer. I followed the instructions on that page, but
> I'm still stuck; some weird things.....
>
> I installed the needed deb files: gcc-3.4, nvidia-kernel-source,
> nvidia-kernel-common, kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp.
>
> Then I tried to run the make-kpkg cmd from the header dir:...
> ...and I got a problem......
>
> It seemed to have a problem with the kernel version number, so I tried
> changing it, or leaving it out etc. Nothing. I tried taking a look at
> the Makefile in the headers directory. Couldn't do that either! I
> stat'd the files in the headers directory, all stat'd wierdly (below).
>
> This has got beyond anything I know in Linux, so some help would be
> appreciated! How can files stat to be a symlink to a directory that
> does not exist???
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> rahdebian:/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp# CC=gcc-3.4
> make-kpkg --append-to-version -11-amd64-k8-smp modules_image
> We do not seem to be in a top level linux kernel source directory
> tree. However, there are kernel headers that may be suitable to build
> external kernel modules. Since you do not have non-module targets, let
> us continue.
> Warning: The file include/linux/version.h exists
> The contained UTS_VERSION string:
> "2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp"
> does not match expectations:
> "..-11-amd64-k8-smp"
> I'll try and recover
> touch: cannot touch `Makefile': No such file or directory
> touch Makefile failed:256 at /usr/bin/make-kpkg line 981, <VERSION> line
> 3.
> rahdebian:/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp# ls
> arch fs ipc Makefile net sound
> crypto include kernel mm scripts usr
> drivers init lib Module.symvers security
> rahdebian:/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp#
>
>
> rahdebian:/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp# stat Makefile
> File: `Makefile' -> `../kernel-headers-2.6.8-11/Makefile'
>
> They all stat the same way.
My method is generally:
apt-get install nvidia-kernel-source module-assistant
m-a -t prepare nvidia-kernel
m-a -t build nvidia-kernel
m-a -t install nvidia-kernel
apt-get install nvidia-glx
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (select nvidia driver for videocard
driver).
Enjoy fast graphics.
Len Sorensen
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