On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:24:19AM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: > Hi, > I'm running kernel version 2.6.15 from backports (2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp) > Then I tried to build the nvidia kernel module after dpkg -i > linux-headers-2.6.15-1...(also from backports) > when trying to build the nvidia-kernel-source (following the instructions > in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source > I got: cannot open perl script > "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1/scripts/setlocalversion" > The "scripts" folder seems not to exist in linux-headers anymore (vs. for > older kernels the package was called: kernel-headers) > > Then I tried the module-assistant: it first went all well until > "(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) > in /var/log/XFree86.0.log > Trying a manual "modprobe nvidia" says: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/lib/modules# modprobe nvidia > nvidia: Unknown symbol register_ioctl32_conversion > nvidia: Unknown symbol unregister_ioctl32_conversion > FATAL: Error inserting nvidia > (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp/nvidia/nvidia. > ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) > > (I was wondering were the nvidia-glx-ia32 might come in - but it did not fix > the problem...) > > Then I decided to go for a new version of the nvidia - 7174 from sarge might > be rather old anyway ... > so I googled and found > http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/dists/unstable/nvidia-graphics-drivers/binary-amd64/ > > BAD idea !! In deselect it now complains that libc6 needs >= 2.3.5-1 > So: I hope I can undo this ... > > Any hint on where I can get a working (new) nvidia module for (any) rather > new > kernel !?
Perhaps you can rebuild the newer nvidia package. Not sure. Then again it might depend on a newer debhelper version or something. You can try it though with the source package from etch/sid, and doing: dpkg-source -x nvidia*dsc cd nvidia-... dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b Then install the resulting packages with dpkg -i I actually though 7174-3 worked with 2.6.15 though. Maybe that is x86 only though. Or maybe amd64 doesn't have the same version as sarge i386 does. Worth checking actually. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]