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Re: making nvidia drivers



On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 08:41:30PM -0500, ronin2@bellatlantic.net wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:25:33 -0600
> "Kevin C. Smith" <smithkevinc@mchsi.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 1. apt-get install nvidia-kernel-src nvidia-glx-src
> > 2. make-kpkg modules_image
> > 3. dpkg -i nvidia-kernel*.deb
> > 4. cd nvidia-glx-x.x.xxxx
> > 5. dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
> > 6. cd /usr/src
> > 7. dpkg -i nvidia-glx*.deb
> 
> OK. The light *finally* dawns.
> 
> There's no way to build the glx with make-kpkg, since nvidia-kernel must
> be *installed* before glx will build. And THAT'S why nvidia-glx doesn't
> get copied into /usr/src/modules. </me slaps forehead>

Well, that and the fact that nvidia-glx is an X driver, and not a kernel
module :)

-- 
Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org>				http://ertius.org/

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