Re: compiled nvidia module fails
> apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.7 nvidia-kernel-source
> nvidia-kernel-common
> tar xvjf kernel-source-2.6.7.bz2
> tar xvzf nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz
> ln -s kernel-source-2.6.7 linux
> cd linux
> (fakeroot make-kpkg clean)
> make menuconfig
> fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=20041201 kernel_image modules_image
> dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.7-20041201.deb nvidia-kernel-2.6.7-20041201.deb
> reboot
> apt-get install nvidia-glx
> (dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-glx)
>
> Where in all this would I run module-assistant?
Your procedure above looks right. If you wanted to use module-
assistant, you would just omit the nvidia-related parts of the procedure
above, and then run 'module-assistant auto-install nvidia' after
installing your kernel.
You may find some useful troubleshooting tips for this driver at
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/troubleshooting.html.
Good luck,
Andrew.
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