Re: compiling module nvidia

[Jo Shields <Jo.Shields@comlab.ox.ac.uk>]

Andreas Richter wrote:

> Am Dienstag, 9. August 2005 19:18 schrieb mondrillo:
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> > Hello amd64's list
> >    
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> Hi,
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> > I'm a newbie to the amd64 plataform, and I'm triying to compile a
> > nVidia [GeForce FX 5200].
> >
> > I have trying the method  related
> > in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian
> >
> >    
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> download the newest driver from http://www.nvidia.com and run the installer as 
> root. It compiles a kernel module and install all necessary files into the 
> right directories. 
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> It works here perfectly.
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no no NO NO NO NO NO _NO_ _NO_

nvidia-installer _WILL_ break your installation. Maybe not today, maybe 
not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life.

PLEASE, NEVER use nvidia-installer on any distribution with a non-crap 
package manager.

1) apt-get install build-essential module-assistant

2) check the gcc version used to compile your kernel (cat /proc/version)

3) if neccessary, install it and set the CC environment variable (this 
is definitely going to be gcc-3.4 or gcc-4.0)

4) m-a a-i nvidia

5) modprobe nvidia, and add "nvidia" to the end of /etc/modules

--Jo Shields