On Tuesday 04 April 2006 11:29, you wrote: > 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-d > >rivers/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
google just gave me this: http://colossus.apana.org.au/cgi-bin/dwww?type=file&location=/usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8 does that mean the package already exists !? Is anyone from apana.org.au on this list ;-) - Sebastian Haase -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]