* hanasaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> My nvidia is due in the mail soon. The nvidia packages from |> apt-cache search seem to depend on the 2.4 kernels. Could you walk |> me through the steps to get get the nvidia drivers built/installed |> on kernel 2.6.x? I have built the kernel with make-kpkg. Also, Any |> specific options to choose/not choose in the kernel .config?
There is an excellent Debian-specific HOWTO (clear and detailed) here: http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html If you use 2.6.6, there could be issues. In particular, it is important not to enable the option CONFIG_4KSTACKS, which causes X to crash when the nvidia driver is used. This option does not exist in kernels previous to 2.6.6 and so the issue does not arise. I had the nvidia driver working by this method up as far as 2.6.5. In 2.6.6 I'm still encountering problems. When I try to modprobe the nvidia module, it fails with the helpful error-message: version magic `2.6.6 686 gcc-3.3' should be `2.6.6 preempt PENTIUM4 gcc-3.3' Invalid module format No-one so far has been able to help with this. Jim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]