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Re: installing nvidia - missing



Hi,

Alexander Winston wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 08:32, Andreas Janssen wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> One should not grab the kernel headers that match the running kernel.
> Instead, one should grab the kernel headers that match the kernel that
> compiled libc. One can find out which kernel libc was compiled on by
> running ???/lib/libc.so.6 | grep "Compiled on"???.

This is bullshit.

The nvidia modules needs to be compiled against the used kernel
(running) for being able to work with it...

Grüße/Regards,

René
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