Re: Help, installing Nvidia driver

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Why don't you use "module-assistent" to do this stuff automatically? I 
did it recently on a Dell Inspiron 5160 and worked like a charm. Well, 
almost. I had to make a couple of changes in the XF86Config-4 to get 
full crisp resolution of 1400x1050. Let me know if you need more help.
Instructions no how to do it the easy way (note that there actually only 
 a few steps to it):
from: http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html

1) add to your /etc/apt/sources.list file (replace unstable with your 
distro):
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

2)
$> apt-get update
$> apt-get install module-assistant nvidia-kernel-common

3) run
$> module-assistant auto-install nvidia

If this says you need some hearders for the kernel, you will need to run 
either of the two commands it suggests. I chose:
4) module-assistant prepare

5) run as in (3) again

6) Once that is done successfully, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and 
comment out lines referring to "dri" or "GLCore". Also comment out "nv" 
line and put a line that says "nvidia".

7) Restart X, CTRL-ALT-BKSPACE

If any of the first few steps do not work, you need to go the webpage 
mentioned above to try out alternate methods.

GL,
->HS

Rony wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I downloaded Nvidia driver, tried to install it. And this is the log.
> Someone help please.
>
> I ran with the command:
> ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run
> --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8
>
> Many thx in advance.
>
>
> - Rony -
>
>
>
> nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
> creation time: Tue Oct 19 20:10:12 2004
>
> option status:
>   license pre-accepted    : false
>   update                  : false
>   force update            : false
>   expert                  : false
>   uninstall               : false
>   driver info             : false
>   no precompiled interface: false
>   no ncurses color        : false
>   query latest driver ver : false
>   OpenGL header files     : false
>   no questions            : false
>   silent                  : false
>   X install prefix        : /usr/X11R6
>   OpenGL install prefix   : /usr
>   Installer install prefix: /usr
>   kernel source path      : /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8
>   kernel install path     : (not specified)
>   proc mount point        : /proc
>   ui                      : (not specified)
>   tmpdir                  : /tmp
>   ftp site                : ftp://download.nvidia.com
>
> Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
> -> License accepted.
> -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel;
> would you li
>    ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your
> kernel f
>    rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: No)
> -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this
> means
>    that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.
> -> Using the kernel source path '/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8' as
> specified by
>    the '--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
> -> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8'
> -> Performing cc_version_check with CC="cc".
> -> gcc-version-check failed:
>    
>    Could not compile gcc-version-check.c
>    
>    If you know what you are doing and want to ignore the gcc version
> check, sel
>    ect "No" to continue installation.  Otherwise, select "Yes" to abort
> install
>    ation, set the CC environment variable to the name of the compiler
> used to c
>    ompile your kernel, and restart installation.  Abort now? (Answer:
> No)
> ERROR: If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
>        you either have configured kernel sources matching your
>        kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
>        on your system.
>        
>        If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
>        you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
>        installed on your system. If you specified a separate
>        output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
>        the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
>        directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
>        the appropriate nvidia-installer command line option.
> ERROR: Installation has failed.  Please see the file
>        '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details.  You may find
> suggestions
>        on fixing installation problems in the README available on the
> Linux
>        driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
>
>
>
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