Dean Hamstead ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >I'm not sure I understand. The kernel itself must be patched > >for the driver to work? This is not mentioned in the README > >files. > > no the /usr/src/nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz > untargz it, then apply the patches, retar then run module assistant > > PLEASE NOT THIS ISNT IN THE NVIDIA README. and rdonald hasnt included > the patches. however, to get support from nvidia, they will want you > to apply the 5 or so patches listed for the 1.0-7676. those patches > are *normally* applied but grabbing the fedora-centric nvidia installer > then telling it to decompress, patching the source, then running the > installer. > > however > > because we are debian. you just install all the rest, go > patch the kernel module source, retar it up to fool module-assistant > then build the kernel module (with our good friend module-assistant) > and viola. done. > > built the debian way and with nvidias latest patches. > > ive begged rdonald to add the patches to the 1.0-7676 source > (1.0-7676-2 or something) but no response. > > anyway >
I never patched the 7676 driver, I have installed it the Debian way, I have both Debian kernels and self-built kernels. I have a 7800GT. I have never ever had any problems with the nvidia driver. _BUT_ I have never ever touched the nvidia-installer since my last fresh install. Many people try it the Nvidia way before the Debian way - I believe therein lays many problems. Just my little rant about NVidia believing that every Linux-system are either based on SuSE or RedHat - which of course is so utterly wrong. ******************************************* * Debian - The Choice of a GNU Generation * ******************************************* -- .O. Scream, Scream like the silence of the bits. ..O Dead lies the flag by the feet of the cold one. OOO Freedom WILL break the walls of mammon.
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