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Re: latest Nvidia drivers



On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 12:03, Florian Struck wrote:
> Unstable (SID) here ... same procedure.
> With a custom kernel it works as described in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel

Thanks.  I do have a custom kernel, so I'll try it.

> If you dont have a custom kernel you might need some extra crunching.
> Without the custom kernel i got it working (on 2.4.18-k7 precompiled)
> with following method :
> 
> install apropriate kernel-headers
> unpack the nvidia-kernel into /usr/src/..
> cd into the resulting /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-1.0.2802/ directory
> run "./debian/rules
> cd into the new NVidia-kernel dir and run
>  "make SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/kernel-headers-your-headers-version/include"
> 
> Same thing with the nvidia-glx.
> 
> Im sure there are more elegant methods too.
> 
> Note i cant guarantee that it works ... it did work with me its a dirty 
> recepee but if youre brave try it =).
> Also i have a Geforce2GTS there might be differences.
> 
> On Monday 11 March 2002 17:37, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Sun, 2002-03-10 at 16:23, Phillip Deackes wrote:
> > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 13:53:01 -0800
> > >
> > > Roy Pluschke <rjplus@sunshine.net> wrote:
> > > > Has anybody else found that the latest Nvidia drivers "1.0-2802" don't
> > > > work! I have a tnt2 running on a 2.4 kernel in "testing".
> > >
> > > No - they work fine here - Riva TNT2, Debian Unstable, kernel 2.4.18.
> > >
> > > Did you install the Debian package and follow the instructions in
> > > /usr/share/doc to build the nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx packages? (As
> > > opposed to the tar.gz package). I used the Debian packages and everyhting
> > > worked as it should.
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > Roy is describing build 1.0-2802, wherease in contrib is:
> >    nvidia-glx-src_1.0.2313-2_i386.deb
> >    nvidia-kernel-src_1.0.2314-2_i386.deb
> >
> > Have you gotten 1.0-2802 working in woody?
> 
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