hi john, On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 09:39:59AM -0800, John F. wrote: > > I don't really think you need to have a .deb pkg to do that since > > you're 'patching' the kernel. > > However enter Nvidia_kernel dir and type 'make install', then go to > > Nvidia_glx and do the same. Then you have to edit the XFREE config > > file as stated in the nividia installation guide on nvidia site. i don't think this is correct. at the bottom of this email are some instructions that i posted a few months ago on this list. all else failing, don't forget to look in /usr/share/doc/<packagename>, there are good instructions there. sean - roll your own kernel with make-kpkg, or at least install the kernel-headers package for your kernel version (after extracting the kernel source/headers to /usr/src/linux) # cd /usr/src/linux && make-kpkg binary (there will be .debs in /usr/src after that. OR...) # apt-get install kernel-headers-2.x.x - install the following packages: # apt-get install nvidia-glx-src nvidia-kernel-src - extract the nvidia module source # cd /usr/src && tar xvfz nvidia-kernel-src.tar.gz - build the kernel module for the nvidia card # cd /usr/src/linux && make-kpkg modules_image - then in /usr/src you should have a .deb package for nvidia kernel # cd /usr/src && dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-2.x.x_rev_i386.deb - then install the glx stuff # cd /usr/src/nvidia-glx_version && dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc - go back to /usr/src, and install everything that starts with nvidia-glx and ends with .deb - finally, reconfigure X, which i strongly recommend that you do with debconf # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 there should be a new driver entry when it asks you for your video card driver, like nvidia or nvdriver or something (not nv), choose that, and you should be on your way.
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