* Rajko M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-31-07 07:30]: > Although someone removed advice for; > cd /usr/src/linux > make oldconfig > make prepare > from article > http://en.opensuse.org/NVIDIA > in my experience, nvidia installer will not work without at least first 2 > lines, ie, changing working directory to /usr/src/linux and than copy of > current configuration: > cd /usr/src/linux > make oldconfig > the only line that last version of nvidia installer didn't really needed > was 'make prepare' . I added that too, just to make sure that every possible > effort is made to have all bits ready. > > The guy that removed above 3 commands from article is, so far I know, one of > kernel developers, and I don't go in discussion what is right, the SUSE > kernel or nvidia installer creators.
I have not ever found those steps necessary when installing NVidia's package, just " sh ./NVIDIA-Linux....run -a" from runlevel 3, then return to runlevel 5. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
