Re: a Debian nvidia howto
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:54:29 -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls <ke6sls@cox.net> wrote:
> I have searched (Google & these archives) for several hours seeking a debian
> specific howto for nvidia drivers. I found some rather stale stuff, but
> nothing specific to Debian stable (Woody). I searched debianplanet and
> debianhelp too.
>
> I have attached a small piece of the nvidia readme. What I would like to
> know is if there is a better way other than "make install".
>
> Should I forget about trying for a debian way and just follow the readme?
>
> What about removing mesa (mesag3-glide2)? If I were to remove this, apt will
> simply remove everything related to x (second attachment):
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 172 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>
> Tips would be very helpful. If possible, please CC me in your replies.
I did this once. You will need the packages
nvidia-glx-src - NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x driver
nvidia-kernel-src - NVIDIA binary kernel module
You'll need to know a little bit about kernel compilation, and
building Debian sources into .deb packages, as you'll need to build a
kernel module from nvidia-kernel-src against your current kernel
sources, and also compile a binary X driver from nvidia-glx-src (these
source packages both contain debian/rules files, if I remember
correctly). Otherwise it is straightforward. The make install stuff
will be handled by the respective rules files, so you just need to do
something like "debuild binary" in the top level of the source
directory for nvidia-glx-src (which will require the devscripts
package), and the usual "fakeroot make-kpkg modules_image" for the
nvidia-kernel-src package. You may also need to check you have the
appropriate build dependencies.
Email me if you need more details.
Faheem.
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