Re: when will nvidai-glx and nvidia-kernel-source hit etch?
On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 16:46 +0100, Lubos Vrbka wrote:
> >>> You will also want to install nvidia-glx after running module assistant.
> >> but nvidia-glx is not available in etch. i had to use unstable version
> >> when installing amd64 etch desktop.
> >>
> >> any hints? what am i doing wrong?
> >
> > This is caused by a stupid packaging error that remains to be fixed
> >
> > Type "cat /proc/version" and ensure that you have the correct version of
> > GCC installed - i.e. if your kernel is compiled with "GCC 4.1.1" then
> > install the "gcc-4.1" package
> do you mean that after installing gcc-4.1 the nvidia-glx package should
> be somehow (auto)magically created? all the things work now, so i really
> don't have any idea how to test how does it work...
After installing an appropriate gcc package to match your running
kernel, the nvidia-kernel-source package can successfully create an
nvidia-kernel-$FOO package to match your system. nvidia-glx cannot
install without an appropriate nvidia-kernel package (which is what
module-assistant creates, using a C compiler and nvidia-kernel-source)
> also, what doesn the 'stupid packaging error' mean? that it doesn't
> depend on the compiler version that was used to compile the kernel? but
> i think that nvidia-glx contained the xorg driver - that shouldn't
> depend on the kernel, should it?
The package cleverly determines which compiler was used to create your
running kernel, and uses it automatically. Firstly, it runs some tests
to ensure that your system will work with the nvidia driver. One of the
first tests is to try and compile some trivial C with your kernel's
compiler - if it fails, then your system is incorrectly configured (it
must be configured to use the rivafb framebuffer driver). However, the
test doesn't check to ensure that its chosen compiler is actually on the
system - hence the failure and unrelated error message. See this antique
bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319544
> regards,
>
> --
> Lubos _@_"
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