Re: Trouble trying to find Kernel source...

[tony mollica <tjm3@threedogs.net>]

I hate to stick my neck out here only because my solution to this
problem was just to keep banging away at the keyboard until all
the errors went away, and I don't keep notes.  There has also been
quite a bit on the list about this in the last week or so.
Seemed complex.  BUT, here is what I remember.  The source packages
for Debian are  linux-source-<kernel version> and linux-headers-<kernel 
version>,
the <kernel version> from 'uname -r'.  I took the kernel config from /boot
and copied it to the source dir as '.config', ran 'make oldconfig' to use
this configuration then ran the kernel compile for a few minutes to make
the necessary files for the Nvidia driver builder, then run the Nvidia 
driver
program with the --kernel-source-path=KERNEL-SOURCE-PATH command
line option so it finds the kernel source.

Pending any minor missing items that were show stoppers but easy to find
and install, it built and installed the driver with no problems.


dann frazier wrote:
> [Off-topic for debian-kernel, moving to debian-user]
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:26:56AM +1100, Frank Charles Gallacher wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I am trying to install the driver for NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT graphics
> > video adapter on my PC, running Debian GNU/Linux 40rl i386:
> >
> > kernel version:
> > Linux version 2.6.18-6-686 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1) 
> >
> > gcc version:
> > gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)
> >
> > When I run the nvidia-installer ("sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1.run")
> > It tries to find kernel source from "ftp://download.nvidia.com"; and
> > fails, then bombs out when it cannot find it installed locally...
> >
> > To build a kernel, I need "kernel-source" and "kernel-devel" packages
> > installed; (something called "linux-kernel-headers" is already
> > installed).
> >
> > When I try to install them, I get:
> >
> > Ni:/home/franx/Desktop# apt-get install kernel-source
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > Package kernel-source is not available, but is referred to by another
> > package.
> > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> > is only available from another source
> > E: Package kernel-source has no installation candidate
>
> I've no experience w/ nvidia-installer myself, but you probably just
> need the header files. An easy way to install the headers for your
> running kernel is:
>  # apt-get install module-assistant
>  # m-a prepare
>
> There are also prebuilt nvidia drivers for this kernel in
> etch/non-free, but perhaps you need something newer. You might have
> luck finding someone w/ nvidia-installer experience on this list.
>
> > my "/etc/apt/sources.list" looks like:
> >
> > #
> > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST
> > Binary-1 20070820-20:21]/ etch contrib main
> >
> > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST
> > Binary-1 20070820-20:21]/ etch contrib main
> >
> > deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> > deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> >
> > deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
> > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
> >
> > Can somebody please help me with:
> >
> > 1. Is there a mirror somewhere that has these packages?
> > 2. Have I missed something vitally important??
> >
> > Thanking you.


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