Re: anyone installed nvidia drivers on etch recently?
On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:24:16 +0100
Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com> wrote:
> Jack Schneider on 04/10/08 03:46, wrote:
> > On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:21:18 +0100
> > Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm using "nv", so I thought I'd try the proprietary nvidia driver.
> >>
> >> Following any of the methods on
> >> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers just leads me down the
> >> same path to the point where I find "nvidia.ko failed to build" in
> >> the logs.
> >>
> >> I'm using the stock kernel 2.6.26-bpo.1-686 from apt, and trying to
> >> get the nvidia-glx-legacy nvidia-kernel-common
> >> nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6-686 packages from non-free to install, but
> >> using the instruction:
> >>
> >> m-a auto-install nvidia
> >>
> >> leads to the error "nvidia.ko failed build", as I mentioned above.
> >>
> >
> > Take a look at this link:
> >
> > --
> > http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.html
>
> I followed those instructions to the letter with no success. It was
> good in that it was definitive about whether I should be using legacy
> or not, however the only other main difference from the wiki article
> was the m-a command:
>
> m-a a-i -i -t -f nvidia-kernel-source
>
> which made no difference to the end result of the nvidia.ko build.
>
> I think it's something to do with v 2.6.26-bpo.1-686
>
> Is that the kernel version you're running too?
>
> Regards
> Adam
>
>
Hi. Adam
:~$ uname -r
2.6.26-1-amd64
May be the difference... Send Len a query...He's super helpful...
lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Have a great day...
Jack
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