Re: nvidia-kernel module problem with kernel-source-2.4.18
Quoting Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
> On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 04:22, Szabó Balázs wrote:
> > Hi Debian-users,
> >
> > I run woody and try to install the nvidia driver for my NVidia TNT2 card.
> > I have read through many posts and following the advices installed
> > kernel-source 2.4.18 - but when trying to compile the nvidia kernel-module
> it
> > says that I am using a 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel so there is a mismatch.
> > It is true, my kernel is the *-bf2.4 one (recommended during
> > woody-installation).
> > It is beyond my knowledge what that -bf2.4 means...
> > I looked up my distro but couldn't find anything like a kernel-source for
> > 2.4.18-bf2.4, only the simple 2.4.18 one.
>
> The boot floppy using the 2.4 kernel.
>
> However, go here, and get the autoinstaller program. It's very
> handy.
> http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux
There is also a make option that ignores the mismatch. I cannot remember at
the moment what the option is, but I did a google search and found it, after
which the compile here went fine.
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