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Re: Warning: Latest Kernel Sources on Sid



On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 16:04 +0300, David Baron wrote:
> On Sunday 07 May 2006 23:17, H.S. wrote:
> > David Baron wrote:
> > > You may get the following on modules previously compiled against kernel
> > > sources:
> > >
> > > Kqemu and Nvidia's driver were hit by this. Easy enough to fix--recompile
> > > 'em.
> > >
> > I noticed this too. I am using nvidia module. I just did (after booting
> > in the new kernel version):
> > #> m-a auto-install nvidia
> >
> > and it seemed to have done the trick.
> 
> The Nvidia driver I downloaded from Nvidia comes with its own .run file which 
> does more than simply check and recompile the driver (too much actually for a 
> repeat compile!). Would m-a "know" to run this?
> 
> Other modules need to be made with various arguments pointing to kernel source 
> directory, etc.

m-a == Debian's Module Assistant.

Yes, it will get the stuff proper for the driver.

Now the library links are taken care of by the nvidia-glx and
nvidia-glx-dev packages.
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