On Sat, 05 Apr 2003 11:39:29 -0600 Jeff Tickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello... > > I have just finally gotten around to trying Debian out. Installation has > been fun... it's not until one tries out Debian that they understand how > bad user-friendliness elsewhere has been. But it's all finally installed, > and I am trying to get it to work with my video card. > > I have an NVidia GeForce 4 Ti4400. Here's my problem. If I download ker > > sorry, I'm doing this with telnet to port 25.. I meant > kernel-source-2.4.18. Anyways, if I download my kernel source, and > compile the nvidia drivers with that, it doesn't work with my current > kernel, because that has an append-to-version on it. So, if I compile the > kernel source and make my own kernel, I lose all the modules that came > with -bf2.4, which is very bad. 1. copy /boot/config-2.4.18-bf2.4 to /usr/src/linux/.config. 2. do "make oldconfig dep". 3. Edit /usr/src/Makefile. Change the EXTRAVERSION line to read: "EXTRAVERSION=-bf2.4". 4. in /usr/src/modules/NVIDIA_kernel<whatever> do "make". 5. in /usr/src/modules/NVIDIA_GLX<whatever> do "make". 6. edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 per the nvidia instructions. That should get you up and running for now. For future use, check out the Building Custom Kernels newbiedoc: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html Install Debian's nvidia-kernel-src and nvidia-glx-src packages, and read their instructions. You can use the kernel-src package together with make-kpkg to make a matching nvidia driver .deb whenever you rebuild the kernel. Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]