On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:56:16PM -0800, tony mollica wrote:
> 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.
have a look at module assist, a simple command like m-i install nvidia
will do all that you want
>
>
> 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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