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Re: NVidia Kernel compilation
I have it working now, thanks.
I don't think I did anything different from last time. Could it be that the
code would not even build with 4.0.2 installed? (instead of 4.1)
Thanks,
Haim
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>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: NVidia Kernel compilation
>Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 23:34:04 -0500
>
>sorry I can't go into more depth (I'm quite tired) but the GeForce 3 Ti
>200 will work just fine (I know, I have one). Go to www.nvidia.com and
>go to support, then linux. Their drivers are the way to go. Read all the
>stuff, download the driver and kernel modules (NVIDIA_kernel_blah and
>NVIDIA_GLX_blah). Install the kernel first by configuring
>("./configure") then become root and do "make install" (no "make" needed
>between condifiguring and "make install"). Do the same for the GLX
>driver.
>
>Then go to your XF86Config file and change the driver from "nv" to
>"nvidia". Thats the process in a nut shell. Be sure to read the stuff at
>the site, there may be something specific required for your setup, but
>the steps I outlined should do the trick.
>
>jason
>
>On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Haim Zamir wrote:
> > I have seen some mention on this list of compiling the latest NVidia
>kernel.
> >
> > I need it to get my GeForce 3 Ti 200 working as something other than a
> > standard VESA card. I have so far upgraded my XFree86 to 4.1. (I have no
> > idea how I would have managed that without console-apt and dpkg).
> >
> > Problems:
> >
> > 1. My config file still looks very different from the one that had been
> > created for me by my Mandrake 8.1 install. (It is more concise for one).
>I
> > no longer have the Mandrake install version to guide me.
> >
> > 2. Has a late nvidia driver been packaged for a 2.4.3 kernel? I tried
> > compiling the nvidia kernel source but failed due to a missing header.
> >
> > 3. If I must compile the source, can someone who has done this step me
> > through the process in a little more detail than "compile the Nvidia
> > kernel? and insmod"
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Haim Zamir
> >
> >
> >
> >
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