Hello, I recently installed the 3.0 debian linux (on an AMD 1500 pc) and am learning the ways of debian packaging. I obtained a netinst iso, burned the image and successfully rebooted back into debian. Next, I used tasksel get all the packages that seemed relevant. Somehow I missed choosing XFree86 (I think), initially. dselect along with the debian reference manual helped me fix that (by installing x-window-system-core, xfree86-common, etc). During the setup process I selected GeForce as my video card. startx did work - XFree86.0.log told me the error was: (EE) No devices detected. Googling for "GeForce4 debian configuration" gave me hits - the first one indicated that I must:
# cd /usr/src # apt-get install nvidia-glx-src nvidia-kernel-src # tar -zxf nvidia-kernel-src.tar.gz # cd linux # make-kpkg clean # make-kpkg modules_image I do not have the kernel source (I installed a pre-configured kernel - kernel-image-2.4.18-k7) installed, and therefore do not have a /usr/src/linux. Must I download the kernel source and follow the instructions above? Is there an alternative way of enabling this card by inserting a (precompiled?) module (is the above asking me to do exactly that?)? Require guidance... Thanks, -K PS: Must I have my /etc/sources.list updated periodically? Is there a utility to have it updated automatically? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
