Re: GeForce4 MX440 with kernel 2.4.18-bf24
----- Original Message -----
From: "Haines Brown" <brownh@hartford-hwp.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 05:39
Subject: Re: GeForce4 MX440 with kernel 2.4.18-bf24
> > 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
>
> It _really_ doesn't matter ;-) If you are talking about the .run file
> you download, then put it where convenient. For example, I create an
> /opt partition to dump a variety of things, including applications
> that I must compile and install myself. If I had to use a default
> linux directory, I suppose either /usr/local/... for system-wide
> programs, or create ~/apps/... for a program that I privately owned by
> just one account. Others on the list will undoubtedly have wiser
> things to say about this.
>
> The nVidia installation program puts things in the right places for
> you. The only directory you need to know is the location of your
> kernel headers. Here is the command I used to tell the executable
> where these headers were (woody 3.1r1) (ignore line break)
>
> # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run --kernel-include-path
> /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.28-bf2.4/include
>
> This include directory has a lot of subdirectories, but if you have
> the headers and burrow down, you will eventually encounter a lot of
> *.h files.
>
> Haines
>
Ok Thanks wish me luck.
Hoyt
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