Re: GeForce4 MX440 with kernel 2.4.18-bf24

["Hoyt Bailey" <hoyt13@wiredok.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Haines Brown" <brownh@hartford-hwp.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 08:27
Subject: Re: GeForce4 MX440 with kernel 2.4.18-bf24


> > Is anyone running the subject video card on the subject kernel. If so
what
> > driver are you using? If you know where can I get a copy of your driver?
> > Regards;
> > Hoyt
>
> Hoyt, that's my setup. I downloaded the new nVidia driver from the
> nVidia website. Installation a bit rocky (I'll go into specifics off
> line, if you like), but if one discounts for my incompetence, the
> installation was straightforward.
>
> The nVidia website has a sort of driver identification utility, but it
> seens that all the GeForce cards have the same driver now for all
> kernels. There's need for an interface between the driver and kernel,
> which is not available on line and so must be compiled by the driver
> installation utility. That utility will search for and probably not
> find your kernel headers, in which case you need to add an option to
> provide the path.
>
> The name of the driver that you add to your XF86Config(-4) is
> "nvidia."
>
> Haines Brown
>
Thanks you Haines.  I have downloaded all the required stuff and only need
to know where to put it to install. I hope no one says it dosent matter.
That isnt the question.  Where do I put the header files?  Where to put the
driver files?
Sincere Thanks for your help;
Hoyt