I tried adding/removing spaces from the Makefile and I still cannot get 'sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run' to function alright. I did download NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run from nvidia's website and have not installed the Debian package nvidia-kernel-source.
'uname -r' gives 2.4.18-k7. The Makefile in /usr/src/linux at its top reads: VERSION = 2 PATCHLEVEL = 4 SUBLEVEL = 18 EXTRAVERSION =-k7 I have attached the nvidia-installer.log as an attachment (as its about ~2K). I could'nt spot anything significant in that log -- perhaps my eyes are unfamiliar wrt to what to seek... I did not follow Richards suggestion below since the untarring of the zipped source did create /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/. -K On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, at 8:28am, Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 05:15 PM 3/25/2004 +0100, pa3gcu wrote: > > > >No No No, /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/ is NOT what you want i can assure > >you. > > > >When you untarred the source a directory called linux-2.4.18 should have been > >created you then need to create a symlink to "linux" for my example > >underneat, so lets start again. > > Actually, Richard, this is just a Debian naming convention that you are > unfamiliar with. Here, for example, is a relevant portion of my /usr/src > directory: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /usr/src > [...] > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Mar 4 10:59 kernel-source-2.4.19 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25652223 Dec 5 15:59 > kernel-source-2.4.19.tar.bz2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src 20 Aug 19 2002 linux -> > kernel-source-2.4.19 > > In Debian when you un'tar (for example) kernel-source-2.4.19.tar.bz2 you > get a directory tree named kernel-source-2.4.19, NOT one named linux-2.4.19. > > I'm so used to this convention that I'd quite forgotten that other distros > don't follow it. > > > > - > 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 >
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Thu Mar 25 11:53:12 2004 option status: license pre-accepted : false update : false force update : false expert : false uninstall : false driver info : false no precompiled interface: false no ncurses color : false query latest driver ver : false OpenGL header files : false no questions : false silent : false XFree86 install prefix : /usr/X11R6 OpenGL install prefix : /usr Installer install prefix: /usr kernel source path : (not specified) kernel install path : (not specified) proc mount point : /proc ui : (not specified) tmpdir : /tmp ftp site : ftp://download.nvidia.com Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface -> License accepted. -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes) -> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site; this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for your kernel. -> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux' -> Performing cc_version_check with CC="cc". ERROR: Unable to determine the NVIDIA kernel module filename. ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
