Re: nvidia (graphics) driver pain

[Dean Hamstead <dean@bong.com.au>]

just move the module into the correct directory

Dean

Gilles wrote:
> Hi.
>
>
> > Try the advice in this post I seen on Debian User.
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/browse_thread/thread/f126e8f271acbbb5/2b3371f32bd0729f?lnk=st&q=kernel+2.6.14+prepare+debian+user&rnum=1#2b3371f32bd0729f
>
>
> I ran
>
> $ make prepare
> $ make prepare scripts
>
> inside the kernel source tree, and afterwards "m-a" successfully built
> the debian package for the module.
>
> But... It was installed in the wrong subdirectory of "/lib/modules".
>
> $ uname -r
> 2.6.14-vs2.1.0-rc5+g1
>
> $ ls /lib/modules/2.6.14-vs2.1.0-rc5
> nvidia
>
> Somehow, the APPEND_TO_VERSION (set to "+g1" when the kernel was built
> with "make-kpkg") was not taken into account :-{
>
> Then, of course:
>
> # modprobe nvidia
> FATAL: Module nvidia not found.
>
>
> How to correct this?
>
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> Gilles

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