Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 6/28/06, Vladimir A. Pavlov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> First, thanks for the hint, I'll give it a try. But I have a few >> questions. >> >> On, Wednesday 28 June 2006 10:19 Stef Bon wrote: >> > You'll have to install libdrm and Mesa, and install the nvidia driver >> > from source over it. >> >> 1. Can you tell me please what libdrm is needed for? It seems I >> shouldn't build it since I don't use kernel DRM, i.e. I turn off the >> option when make menuconfig. > > Right. Since the NVIDIA implementation (and the ATI one) provide their > own kernel modules to access the hardware, kernel drm and libdrm > aren't used. It won't hurt to install it, though. It just won't be > used by Mesa or X when you're using the NVIDIA kernel module and GL. > Still, I would build it because there might be some code in Mesa or X > that isn't built if libdrm isn't there. This is just a guess. I > actually don't know all the gory details. >
I think(I'm not sure about that..) that libdrm is required by Mesa >> 2. Do I correctly understand that "install the nvidia driver _from >> source_" means "run sh NVIDIA-SOMESTUFF.sh"? Or should I run "sh >> NVIDIA-SOMESTUFF.sh --extract-only" and then use the created directory >> to build/install the driver? In other words NVIDIA recommends the >> former way so can I use it in this case? > > I personally hate those installer scripts and do it by hand. In other > words, I use --extract-only and then install what I want. As I > understand, though, the nvidia installer will move original files like > libGL out of the way and not delete them. I think most people do use > the script. I'm using the extract method also, it's a LFS system right?! You're not mentioning the driver (nvidia.ko), and it's in the usr/src/nv directory. Simply make install will compile and install the driver in the /lib/modules/kernel-version/kernel/drivers/video dir. Futher: 1. you'll have to change driver in xorg.conf too. 2. you can make adjustments in the file os-registry.c to tweak the driver to your system 3. Read the README in the usr/share/doc dir, it contains a lot of information how to install. Notice it can use the agp backend provided by the kernel, or it's own (which is recommended). A sample file of a xorg.conf file is there too, which may be very helpfull. I hope it's not that complicated. I've been trying to install the nvidia driver from source myself and it took a lot of effort. Stef -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
