RE: Kernel-sourcecode directory
>
> Hello for the 3rd time today,
>
Hello back just once. :)
> I've downloaded the nvidia-kernel-src and nvidia-glc-src and read the
> documentation. You have to give a command wich gives this result:
>
> We do not seem to be in a top level linux kernel source directory
> tree. Since we are trying to make a kernel package, that does not make
> sense. Please change directory to a top level linux kernel source
> directory, and try again. (If I am wrong, and this is indeed a top
> level linux kernel source directory, then I have gotten sadly out of
> date with current kernels, and you should upgrade kernel-package)
>
> So I downloaded the kernel-source-2.4.18 and installed that
> package. I
> searched my computer but I can't find the correct directory.
> I still get this
> message.
>
> Does someone know where to find this directory/how to install
> the nvidia
> drivers?
>
When you downloaded kernels-source it created /usr/src/kernel-source-2.*.bz2
These are the next steps (replace 2.4.18 with your kernel, if that's not it)
> cd /usr/src
> tar jxf kernel-source.*.bz2 (a long time)
> ln -s /usr/src/kernel-source.2-4.18 /usr/src/linux
> cp /boot/config-2.4.18 /usr/src/linux/.config
> cd /usr/src/linux
> tar zxf nvidia-kernel-src.tar.gz (?name might be slightly wrong)
> cd /usr/src/linux
> make clean
> make oldconfig
> make-kpkg modules_image
> cd /usr/src
> dpkg -i your_brand_spanking_new.deb
:)
man make-kpkg
>
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