Re: installing nvidia - missing

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Paul William (<webmaster@startlinux.co.nz>) wrote:

> When I try to install the nvidia drivers I get a compiler mesasge that
> I am missing this file:
> 
> nv-linux.h:24:31: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory
> make: *** [nv.o] Error 1
> 
> modversions.h is not installed wit my kernel (2.4.18-bf). I am running
> sid.

To build the nvidia drivers, you either need the kernel header package
(kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4) or the kernel source package. If you
install the source, I think you must at least copy your config from
/boot to the source directory and make dep.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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