On the user list you mentioned building a kernel the debian way with
nvidia stuff.
I apt-get source kernel-source-2.4.18
however building the kernel I got the error:
dpkg-gencontrol: error: package kernel-image-2.4.18 not in control info
make[1]: *** [real_stamp_image] Error 29
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18-2.4.18'
bilbo:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18-2.4.18# make-kpkg kernel_image
Have I forgotten to do something?
Also I tried building a modules image for the nvidia driver:
bilbo:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18-2.4.18# make-kpkg modules_image
find: /usr/src/modules: No such file or directory
test -f stamp-debian || /usr/bin/make -f /usr/share/kernel-package/rules
debian
test -f .config || /usr/bin/make -f /usr/share/kernel-package/rules
.config
test ! -f stamp-configure \
&& /usr/bin/make \
ARCH=i386 oldconfig \
&& /usr/bin/make \
ARCH=i386 dep \
&& /usr/bin/make \
ARCH=i386 clean && \
touch stamp-configure
make: [stamp-configure] Error 1 (ignored)
for module in ; do \
if test -d $module; then \
(cd $module; \
if ./debian/rules KVERS="2.4.18"
KSRC="/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18-2.4.18" \
KMAINT="Unknown Kernel Package Maintainer"
KEMAIL="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
\
KDREV="2.4.18-2" kdist_image; then \
echo "Module $module processed fine"; \
else \
echo "Module $module failed."; \
echo "Hit return to Continue"; \
read ans; \
fi; \
); \
fi; \
done
bilbo:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18-2.4.18# cd ..
bilbo:/usr/src# ls -al
total 30704
drwxrwsr-x 5 root src 4096 Mar 12 00:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Feb 9 13:12 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root src 22403 Mar 11 20:09 .config
drwxrwxr-x 2 502 502 4096 Nov 27 22:39
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313
drwx------ 15 hendry hendry 4096 Mar 12 01:10
kernel-source-2.4.18-2.4.18
-rw-r--r-- 1 root src 20509 Mar 7 12:32
kernel-source-2.4.18_2.4.18-2.diff.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root src 764 Mar 7 12:32
kernel-source-2.4.18_2.4.18-2.dsc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root src 29818323 Feb 28 15:02
kernel-source-2.4.18_2.4.18.orig.tar.gz
drwxr-xr-x 4 root src 4096 Mar 11 20:07
nvidia-glx-1.0.2802
-rw-r--r-- 1 root src 29082 Mar 11 20:07
nvidia-glx-dev_1.0.2802-1_i386.deb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root src 1474220 Mar 11 20:07
nvidia-glx_1.0.2802-1_i386.deb
bilbo:/usr/src#
Just a comment. Isn't it silly to apt-source then kernel and get also a
diff and orig.tar.gz you don't need?!
Even though I was JUST trying to build a new kernel last night, when I
booted up this morning I now get error with my old trusted 2.4.17 error
while starting X:
(II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 4X successfully initialized
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate a DMA channel
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to allocate DMA push buffer
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
As you can imagine I am quite frustrated, and I am stuck in console.
Maybe it was the glx upgrade that did it:
bilbo:/usr/src# dpkg -l nvidia*
No packages found matching nvidia-glx-1.0.2802.
No packages found matching nvidia-glx-dev_1.0.2802-1_i386.deb.
No packages found matching nvidia-glx_1.0.2802-1_i386.deb.
Do I need to compile my own kernel with this nvidia source module? Can't I
use a debian 2.4.18 kernel and in the module somehow?
Maybe someone can point me to a Debian specific guide to building a kernel
with nvidia shit from start to finish?
Regards
-Kai Hendry
