Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 23:43, Jo Shields wrote: Sebastian Haase wrote: snip Thanks (I'm back ...) - Sebastian Haase Build one. Add a normal 32-bit mirror's deb-src to /etc/apt/sources.list (e.g. deb-src http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian unstable non-free). Install some building-related bits bobs (apt-get build-dep nvidia-glx). Download the package source (apt-get source nvidia-glx). Change to that folder (cd nvidia*). If building 7174 on Sarge, tweak debian.binary/rules (change DH_COMPAT to some smaller number like 3 or 2). Run dpkg-buildpackage. Change down a folder (cd ..). Install the kernel source package (dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-source_*_amd64.deb). Install module-assistant and build-essential - and an appropriate GCC if not using your standard system gcc for kernels (e.g. on Sarge, you must install gcc-3.4 here or you'll get misleading rivafb errors - use cat /proc/version to check; aptitude install module-assistant build-essential). Compile install the kernel module (m-a a-i nvidia). Load the module (If you've an older module loaded, then run modprobe -r nvidia first. Then, modprobe nvidia echo nvidia /etc/modules). Install the driver packages (dpkg -i nvidia-glx*). Tell X to use nvidia instead of nv (dpkg-reconfigure xserver-(xfree86|xorg)). Restart X (/etc/init.d/*dm restart). Building non-free packages isn't automatic, especially on unofficial architectures, which is why this sort of thing becomes neccessary. --Jo Shields Thanks Jo, for the details. OK - I found nvidia-installer --uninstall You remind(claim?) that nvidia only works (well) when built with gcc-3.4 !? But just /installing/ gcc-3.4 would not be enough ! How and at what step can I tell the build-chain to really use 3.4 ?? It doesn't really matter what GCC you use, as long as the compiler used for the kernel (as detailed by cat /proc/version) is installed. All Sarge kernels on AMD64 use GCC 3.4 - however, due to a bug in rdonald's build scripts, if you don't have the right compiler installed, you are given a useless error message (telling you that rivafb is compiled into your kernel). You merely need to have it INSTALLED - the build script automatically selects uses the correct version. Also: your line modprobe nvidia echo nvidia /etc/modules suprises me: In the past I never needed this for nvidia ! It just gets auto-loaded when X starts ! (I thought it was not according to debian policy to change /etc/modules anyway ;-) ) The module is auto-loaded when something tries to play with /dev/nvidia* - however, the /dev/nvidia* device nodes, on a modern udev-based system, are only created when there are nvidia-related entries in /sys. nvidia stuff only appears in /sys AFTER the module is already loaded. --Jo Shields -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 17:12, David Liontooth wrote: Jo Shields wrote: Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:38, you wrote: On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:05:57PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just found http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html BUT: In all places I found (including http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be only version 7174 for AMD64 AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers packages but not with linux-headers ... What needs to be fixed to get anything of nvidia to work with lthe inux-headers package ? Works for me with linux-headers. At least 8178-3 does. Thanks for the reply - as I said the only 8178 I found claimed to be only for i386. Now, I went to the nvidia web site and got their driver-installer script (appr. 9MB) -- it worked right-away (I followed instructions from http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_ins tallation) Only concern of course now is that I would like to know where the hell this script put its (glx / module / X ) files !?!?!? All over the place. Which is why you NEVER use the stuff from nvidia.com directly Exactly. That said, I think there may be an uninstaller in the package now? BTW, although Randall Donald says he puts his packages on his own repository at http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia, he hasn't done that since December. The main repositories get them, though. Dave Please point me to a mirror that has the 8178 version for amd64. -- I'm already starting to have problems with building GL programs (it seems like a gl.h mixup after installing xlibmesa-gl-dev ...) So I'm looking for a NVIDIA deinstall script (it seems all NVIDIA files have the same creation date ...) Thanks (I'm back ...) - Sebastian Haase Build one. Add a normal 32-bit mirror's deb-src to /etc/apt/sources.list (e.g. deb-src http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian unstable non-free). Install some building-related bits bobs (apt-get build-dep nvidia-glx). Download the package source (apt-get source nvidia-glx). Change to that folder (cd nvidia*). If building 7174 on Sarge, tweak debian.binary/rules (change DH_COMPAT to some smaller number like 3 or 2). Run dpkg-buildpackage. Change down a folder (cd ..). Install the kernel source package (dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-source_*_amd64.deb). Install module-assistant and build-essential - and an appropriate GCC if not using your standard system gcc for kernels (e.g. on Sarge, you must install gcc-3.4 here or you'll get misleading rivafb errors - use cat /proc/version to check; aptitude install module-assistant build-essential). Compile install the kernel module (m-a a-i nvidia). Load the module (If you've an older module loaded, then run modprobe -r nvidia first. Then, modprobe nvidia echo nvidia /etc/modules). Install the driver packages (dpkg -i nvidia-glx*). Tell X to use nvidia instead of nv (dpkg-reconfigure xserver-(xfree86|xorg)). Restart X (/etc/init.d/*dm restart). Building non-free packages isn't automatic, especially on unofficial architectures, which is why this sort of thing becomes neccessary. --Jo Shields -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
Jo Shields wrote: Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 17:12, David Liontooth wrote: Jo Shields wrote: Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:38, you wrote: On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:05:57PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just found http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html BUT: In all places I found (including http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be only version 7174 for AMD64 AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers packages but not with linux-headers ... What needs to be fixed to get anything of nvidia to work with lthe inux-headers package ? Works for me with linux-headers. At least 8178-3 does. Thanks for the reply - as I said the only 8178 I found claimed to be only for i386. Now, I went to the nvidia web site and got their driver-installer script (appr. 9MB) -- it worked right-away (I followed instructions from http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_ins tallation) Only concern of course now is that I would like to know where the hell this script put its (glx / module / X ) files !?!?!? All over the place. Which is why you NEVER use the stuff from nvidia.com directly Exactly. That said, I think there may be an uninstaller in the package now? BTW, although Randall Donald says he puts his packages on his own repository at http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia, he hasn't done that since December. The main repositories get them, though. Dave Please point me to a mirror that has the 8178 version for amd64. -- I'm already starting to have problems with building GL programs (it seems like a gl.h mixup after installing xlibmesa-gl-dev ...) So I'm looking for a NVIDIA deinstall script (it seems all NVIDIA files have the same creation date ...) Thanks (I'm back ...) - Sebastian Haase Build one. Add a normal 32-bit mirror's deb-src to /etc/apt/sources.list (e.g. deb-src http://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian unstable non-free). Install some building-related bits bobs (apt-get build-dep nvidia-glx). Download the package source (apt-get source nvidia-glx). Change to that folder (cd nvidia*). If building 7174 on Sarge, tweak debian.binary/rules (change DH_COMPAT to some smaller number like 3 or 2). Run dpkg-buildpackage. Change down a folder (cd ..). Install the kernel source package (dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-source_*_amd64.deb). Install module-assistant and build-essential - and an appropriate GCC if not using your standard system gcc for kernels (e.g. on Sarge, you must install gcc-3.4 here or you'll get misleading rivafb errors - use cat /proc/version to check; aptitude install module-assistant build-essential). Compile install the kernel module (m-a a-i nvidia). Load the module (If you've an older module loaded, then run modprobe -r nvidia first. Then, modprobe nvidia echo nvidia /etc/modules). Install the driver packages (dpkg -i nvidia-glx*). Tell X to use nvidia instead of nv (dpkg-reconfigure xserver-(xfree86|xorg)). Restart X (/etc/init.d/*dm restart). Building non-free packages isn't automatic, especially on unofficial architectures, which is why this sort of thing becomes neccessary. --Jo Shields Oh, and I almost forgot. nvidia-installer --uninstall is the first step. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 02:37:36PM -0700, David Liontooth wrote: I ran nvidia 7676 for 2.6.14, but had to upgrade to 8178-3 for 2.6.16. Not sure about 2.6.15. To build the package, I install nvidia-kernel-source, cd /usr/src/linux (where I have the kernel) and make-kpkg -rev 1 modules_image Works beautifully. m-a -t a-i -k /usr/src/linux nvidia Should also have done the job (including install the package). The -k might even be optional if already running the kernel. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 02:06:35PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Thanks for the reply - as I said the only 8178 I found claimed to be only for i386. Just because you only see i386 doens't mean the source package can't be compiled with dpkg-buildpackage on amd64 (it can, quite well) Now, I went to the nvidia web site and got their driver-installer script (appr. 9MB) -- it worked right-away (I followed instructions from http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_installation) Only concern of course now is that I would like to know where the hell this script put its (glx / module / X ) files !?!?!? nvidia's package doesn't install libraries in the correct location. And it puts files in places that dpkg owns. It is a very bad idea. Windows is broken a lot for good reasons: People run 3rd party installers that mess with system files. If you want a system that can run for years without a reinstall with many upgrades along the way, then never run a 3rd party installer on your system, well unless it lets you install entirely in /usr/local or somewhere else not in dpkg land. I have machiens that are still running without a reinstall after 8 years. It seems like the policy works. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
mmm... btw... for the ones that don't use DRI at all.. is there any single advantage of nvidia propietary driver over nv? Rafael Rodríguez El Jueves, 6 de Abril de 2006 14:55, Lennart Sorensen escribió: On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 02:37:36PM -0700, David Liontooth wrote: I ran nvidia 7676 for 2.6.14, but had to upgrade to 8178-3 for 2.6.16. Not sure about 2.6.15. To build the package, I install nvidia-kernel-source, cd /usr/src/linux (where I have the kernel) and make-kpkg -rev 1 modules_image Works beautifully. m-a -t a-i -k /usr/src/linux nvidia Should also have done the job (including install the package). The -k might even be optional if already running the kernel. Len Sorensen
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 03:29:18PM +0200, Rafael Rodr?guez wrote: mmm... btw... for the ones that don't use DRI at all.. is there any single advantage of nvidia propietary driver over nv? Supports newer chips sooner than x.org That's about it. Not sure you can do dual head on the x.org driver either. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
Temperature control is built only in the nvidia driver (nvidia-settings tool displays it in 6xxx models and upwards), as well. --- sigi [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 09:37:22AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 03:29:18PM +0200, Rafael Rodr?guez wrote: mmm... btw... for the ones that don't use DRI at all.. is there any single advantage of nvidia propietary driver over nv? Supports newer chips sooner than x.org That's about it. Not sure you can do dual head on the x.org driver either. Here on my machine, the nvidia-driver works a lot faster than X.org's nv-module. It works better with my console, too - e.g. shows no broken fonts/colors as nv does. sigi. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
Len, Thanks for the reply. Could you be little more verbose on what dpkg-source -x nvidia*dsc means !? Where do I get the nvidia*dsc file(s) ? Does dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b automatically try to get all the build-dependencies ? Thanks, Sebastian Haase On Tuesday 04 April 2006 11:29, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:24:19AM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Hi, I'm running kernel version 2.6.15 from backports (2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp) snip Perhaps you can rebuild the newer nvidia package. Not sure. Then again it might depend on a newer debhelper version or something. You can try it though with the source package from etch/sid, and doing: dpkg-source -x nvidia*dsc cd nvidia-... dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b Then install the resulting packages with dpkg -i I actually though 7174-3 worked with 2.6.15 though. Maybe that is x86 only though. Or maybe amd64 doesn't have the same version as sarge i386 does. Worth checking actually. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 09:10:42AM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Len, Thanks for the reply. Could you be little more verbose on what dpkg-source -x nvidia*dsc means !? Where do I get the nvidia*dsc file(s) ? Does dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b automatically try to get all the build-dependencies ? Well there is: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/ It should have a tar file, a diff and a dsc. 7174-3 is sarge's version. I know that one will build on sarge amd64. not sure if it works with 2.6.15, although I thought it did when I tried it on i386 at least. 8178-2 or -3 might require a dpkg/debhelper/other stuff upgrade to compile/use at all. Heck, even apt-get source nvidia-source ought to grab it for you, if pointed at the official debian sources location. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
I don't know if you knew this already, but I had to apply some patches to 1.0-8178 found in the NVIDIA forums in order to get everything working properly for 2.6.14+. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=050a38613ebb399cc07314ea5e6d04e4t=62021 I'm running Sarge AMD64 with kernel 2.6.16 and the 8178 driver release. Micheal Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 09:10:42AM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Len, Thanks for the reply. Could you be little more verbose on what dpkg-source -x nvidia*dsc means !? Where do I get the nvidia*dsc file(s) ? Does dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b automatically try to get all the build-dependencies ? Well there is: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/ It should have a tar file, a diff and a dsc. 7174-3 is sarge's version. I know that one will build on sarge amd64. not sure if it works with 2.6.15, although I thought it did when I tried it on i386 at least. 8178-2 or -3 might require a dpkg/debhelper/other stuff upgrade to compile/use at all. Heck, even apt-get source nvidia-source ought to grab it for you, if pointed at the official debian sources location. Len Sorensen -- Micheal Waltz System Administrator UCSD Educational Computing 858-822-3959 http://meded.ucsd.edu/edcom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:47:00PM -0700, Micheal Waltz wrote: I don't know if you knew this already, but I had to apply some patches to 1.0-8178 found in the NVIDIA forums in order to get everything working properly for 2.6.14+. 8178-3 includes the patches for 2.6.16 http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=050a38613ebb399cc07314ea5e6d04e4t=62021 I'm running Sarge AMD64 with kernel 2.6.16 and the 8178 driver release. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
On Wednesday 05 April 2006 11:43, you wrote: On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 09:10:42AM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Len, Thanks for the reply. Could you be little more verbose on what dpkg-source -x nvidia*dsc means !? Where do I get the nvidia*dsc file(s) ? Does dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b automatically try to get all the build-dependencies ? Well there is: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/ It should have a tar file, a diff and a dsc. 7174-3 is sarge's version. I know that one will build on sarge amd64. not sure if it works with 2.6.15, although I thought it did when I tried it on i386 at least. 8178-2 or -3 might require a dpkg/debhelper/other stuff upgrade to compile/use at all. Heck, even apt-get source nvidia-source ought to grab it for you, if pointed at the official debian sources location. Len Sorensen Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just found http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html BUT: In all places I found (including http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be only version 7174 for AMD64 AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers packages but not with linux-headers ... What needs to be fixed to get anything of nvidia to work with lthe inux-headers package ? Thanks very much for your help !! - Sebastian Haase -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:05:57PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just found http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html BUT: In all places I found (including http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be only version 7174 for AMD64 AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers packages but not with linux-headers ... What needs to be fixed to get anything of nvidia to work with lthe inux-headers package ? Works for me with linux-headers. At least 8178-3 does. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
Sebastian Haase wrote: Len, Thanks for the reply. Could you be little more verbose on what dpkg-source -x nvidia*dsc means !? Where do I get the nvidia*dsc file(s) ? Does dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b automatically try to get all the build-dependencies ? Thanks, Sebastian Haase On Tuesday 04 April 2006 11:29, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:24:19AM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Hi, I'm running kernel version 2.6.15 from backports (2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp) snip Perhaps you can rebuild the newer nvidia package. Not sure. Then again it might depend on a newer debhelper version or something. You can try it though with the source package from etch/sid, and doing: dpkg-source -x nvidia*dsc cd nvidia-... dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b Then install the resulting packages with dpkg -i I actually though 7174-3 worked with 2.6.15 though. Maybe that is x86 only though. Or maybe amd64 doesn't have the same version as sarge i386 does. Worth checking actually. I ran nvidia 7676 for 2.6.14, but had to upgrade to 8178-3 for 2.6.16. Not sure about 2.6.15. To build the package, I install nvidia-kernel-source, cd /usr/src/linux (where I have the kernel) and make-kpkg -rev 1 modules_image Works beautifully. Dave Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:38, you wrote: On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:05:57PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just found http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html BUT: In all places I found (including http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be only version 7174 for AMD64 AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers packages but not with linux-headers ... What needs to be fixed to get anything of nvidia to work with lthe inux-headers package ? Works for me with linux-headers. At least 8178-3 does. Thanks for the reply - as I said the only 8178 I found claimed to be only for i386. Now, I went to the nvidia web site and got their driver-installer script (appr. 9MB) -- it worked right-away (I followed instructions from http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_installation) Only concern of course now is that I would like to know where the hell this script put its (glx / module / X ) files !?!?!? But its working Thanks again for your help. Sebastian Haase -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:38, you wrote: On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:05:57PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just found http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html BUT: In all places I found (including http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be only version 7174 for AMD64 AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers packages but not with linux-headers ... What needs to be fixed to get anything of nvidia to work with lthe inux-headers package ? Works for me with linux-headers. At least 8178-3 does. Thanks for the reply - as I said the only 8178 I found claimed to be only for i386. Now, I went to the nvidia web site and got their driver-installer script (appr. 9MB) -- it worked right-away (I followed instructions from http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_installation) Only concern of course now is that I would like to know where the hell this script put its (glx / module / X ) files !?!?!? All over the place. Which is why you NEVER use the stuff from nvidia.com directly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
Jo Shields wrote: Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:38, you wrote: On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:05:57PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just found http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html BUT: In all places I found (including http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be only version 7174 for AMD64 AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers packages but not with linux-headers ... What needs to be fixed to get anything of nvidia to work with lthe inux-headers package ? Works for me with linux-headers. At least 8178-3 does. Thanks for the reply - as I said the only 8178 I found claimed to be only for i386. Now, I went to the nvidia web site and got their driver-installer script (appr. 9MB) -- it worked right-away (I followed instructions from http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_installation) Only concern of course now is that I would like to know where the hell this script put its (glx / module / X ) files !?!?!? All over the place. Which is why you NEVER use the stuff from nvidia.com directly Exactly. That said, I think there may be an uninstaller in the package now? BTW, although Randall Donald says he puts his packages on his own repository at http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia, he hasn't done that since December. The main repositories get them, though. Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 17:12, David Liontooth wrote: Jo Shields wrote: Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:38, you wrote: On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:05:57PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just found http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html BUT: In all places I found (including http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be only version 7174 for AMD64 AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers packages but not with linux-headers ... What needs to be fixed to get anything of nvidia to work with lthe inux-headers package ? Works for me with linux-headers. At least 8178-3 does. Thanks for the reply - as I said the only 8178 I found claimed to be only for i386. Now, I went to the nvidia web site and got their driver-installer script (appr. 9MB) -- it worked right-away (I followed instructions from http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_ins tallation) Only concern of course now is that I would like to know where the hell this script put its (glx / module / X ) files !?!?!? All over the place. Which is why you NEVER use the stuff from nvidia.com directly Exactly. That said, I think there may be an uninstaller in the package now? BTW, although Randall Donald says he puts his packages on his own repository at http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia, he hasn't done that since December. The main repositories get them, though. Dave Please point me to a mirror that has the 8178 version for amd64. Looking more closely into this I realize I was mistaken -- Randall does put the files in his archives, but his new syntax puts them in a different location, and I don't see them in the directory listings. However, this line gets them: deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-graphics-drivers nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-xconfig As you note, they haven't propagated yet for some reason, possibly related to the inclusion of amd64 in official Debian? There are ways to build Debian packages from nvidia's sources, patched or otherwise, cf. http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html, but Randall packages save you a lot of trouble. Did you manage to uninstall the files created by nVidia's installer? Dave -- I'm already starting to have problems with building GL programs (it seems like a gl.h mixup after installing xlibmesa-gl-dev ...) So I'm looking for a NVIDIA deinstall script (it seems all NVIDIA files have the same creation date ...) Thanks (I'm back ...) - Sebastian Haase -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
David Liontooth wrote: Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 17:12, David Liontooth wrote: Jo Shields wrote: Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:38, you wrote: On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:05:57PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just found http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html BUT: In all places I found (including http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be only version 7174 for AMD64 AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers packages but not with linux-headers ... What needs to be fixed to get anything of nvidia to work with lthe inux-headers package ? Works for me with linux-headers. At least 8178-3 does. Thanks for the reply - as I said the only 8178 I found claimed to be only for i386. Now, I went to the nvidia web site and got their driver-installer script (appr. 9MB) -- it worked right-away (I followed instructions from http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_ins tallation) Only concern of course now is that I would like to know where the hell this script put its (glx / module / X ) files !?!?!? All over the place. Which is why you NEVER use the stuff from nvidia.com directly Exactly. That said, I think there may be an uninstaller in the package now? BTW, although Randall Donald says he puts his packages on his own repository at http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia, he hasn't done that since December. The main repositories get them, though. Dave Please point me to a mirror that has the 8178 version for amd64. Looking more closely into this I realize I was mistaken -- Randall does put the files in his archives, but his new syntax puts them in a different location, and I don't see them in the directory listings. However, this line gets them: deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-graphics-drivers nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-xconfig As you note, they haven't propagated yet for some reason, possibly related to the inclusion of amd64 in official Debian? There are ways to build Debian packages from nvidia's sources, patched or otherwise, cf. http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html, but Randall packages save you a lot of trouble. Did you manage to uninstall the files created by nVidia's installer? I did not see an uninstall option in nVidia's script - did I overlook it ? - maybe tomorrow morning I'll see it ... Otherwise I will try to mv all from-nVidia-installed files into some backup place in my home directory ... (just in case I CAN use e.g. the kernel module later ;-) ) I tried http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable (refer to my post here few days ago) - BAD idea !! I'm running sarge ! - and binary unstable packages are already compiled against a newer glibc ! they don't work ... So what I would need is the corresponding deb-src line ... I could not get that one right !!! Thanks for help, Sebastian Haase -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
Sebastian Haase wrote: David Liontooth wrote: Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 17:12, David Liontooth wrote: Jo Shields wrote: Sebastian Haase wrote: On Wednesday 05 April 2006 13:38, you wrote: On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:05:57PM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Thanks for the reply. (Just for reference I just found http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html BUT: In all places I found (including http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/...) there seems to be only version 7174 for AMD64 AND then I always get complains from the debian/rules scripts that essentially say that they only work with the kernel-headers packages but not with linux-headers ... What needs to be fixed to get anything of nvidia to work with lthe inux-headers package ? Works for me with linux-headers. At least 8178-3 does. Thanks for the reply - as I said the only 8178 I found claimed to be only for i386. Now, I went to the nvidia web site and got their driver-installer script (appr. 9MB) -- it worked right-away (I followed instructions from http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Debian_NVIDIA_proprietary_display_driver_ins tallation) Only concern of course now is that I would like to know where the hell this script put its (glx / module / X ) files !?!?!? All over the place. Which is why you NEVER use the stuff from nvidia.com directly Exactly. That said, I think there may be an uninstaller in the package now? BTW, although Randall Donald says he puts his packages on his own repository at http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia, he hasn't done that since December. The main repositories get them, though. Dave Please point me to a mirror that has the 8178 version for amd64. Looking more closely into this I realize I was mistaken -- Randall does put the files in his archives, but his new syntax puts them in a different location, and I don't see them in the directory listings. However, this line gets them: deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-graphics-drivers nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-xconfig As you note, they haven't propagated yet for some reason, possibly related to the inclusion of amd64 in official Debian? There are ways to build Debian packages from nvidia's sources, patched or otherwise, cf. http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html, but Randall packages save you a lot of trouble. Did you manage to uninstall the files created by nVidia's installer? I did not see an uninstall option in nVidia's script - did I overlook it ? - maybe tomorrow morning I'll see it ... Otherwise I will try to mv all from-nVidia-installed files into some backup place in my home directory ... (just in case I CAN use e.g. the kernel module later ;-) ) I tried http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable (refer to my post here few days ago) - BAD idea !! I'm running sarge ! - and binary unstable packages are already compiled against a newer glibc ! they don't work ... Does this one work? deb http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia sarge nvidia-graphics-drivers nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-xconfig So what I would need is the corresponding deb-src line ... I could not get that one right !!! deb-src http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia unstable nvidia-graphics-drivers nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-xconfig I haven't tested this one. Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
Hi, I'm running kernel version 2.6.15 from backports (2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp) Then I tried to build the nvidia kernel module after dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.15-1...(also from backports) when trying to build the nvidia-kernel-source (following the instructions in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source I got: cannot open perl script /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1/scripts/setlocalversion The scripts folder seems not to exist in linux-headers anymore (vs. for older kernels the package was called: kernel-headers) Then I tried the module-assistant: it first went all well until (EE) Failed to load module nvidia (module does not exist, 0) in /var/log/XFree86.0.log Trying a manual modprobe nvidia says: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/lib/modules# modprobe nvidia nvidia: Unknown symbol register_ioctl32_conversion nvidia: Unknown symbol unregister_ioctl32_conversion FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp/nvidia/nvidia. ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) (I was wondering were the nvidia-glx-ia32 might come in - but it did not fix the problem...) Then I decided to go for a new version of the nvidia - 7174 from sarge might be rather old anyway ... so I googled and found http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/dists/unstable/nvidia-graphics-drivers/binary-amd64/ BAD idea !! In deselect it now complains that libc6 needs = 2.3.5-1 So: I hope I can undo this ... Any hint on where I can get a working (new) nvidia module for (any) rather new kernel !? Thanks, Sebastian Haase -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:24:19AM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Hi, I'm running kernel version 2.6.15 from backports (2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp) Then I tried to build the nvidia kernel module after dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.15-1...(also from backports) when trying to build the nvidia-kernel-source (following the instructions in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source I got: cannot open perl script /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1/scripts/setlocalversion The scripts folder seems not to exist in linux-headers anymore (vs. for older kernels the package was called: kernel-headers) Then I tried the module-assistant: it first went all well until (EE) Failed to load module nvidia (module does not exist, 0) in /var/log/XFree86.0.log Trying a manual modprobe nvidia says: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/lib/modules# modprobe nvidia nvidia: Unknown symbol register_ioctl32_conversion nvidia: Unknown symbol unregister_ioctl32_conversion FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp/nvidia/nvidia. ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) (I was wondering were the nvidia-glx-ia32 might come in - but it did not fix the problem...) Then I decided to go for a new version of the nvidia - 7174 from sarge might be rather old anyway ... so I googled and found http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/dists/unstable/nvidia-graphics-drivers/binary-amd64/ BAD idea !! In deselect it now complains that libc6 needs = 2.3.5-1 So: I hope I can undo this ... Any hint on where I can get a working (new) nvidia module for (any) rather new kernel !? Perhaps you can rebuild the newer nvidia package. Not sure. Then again it might depend on a newer debhelper version or something. You can try it though with the source package from etch/sid, and doing: dpkg-source -x nvidia*dsc cd nvidia-... dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b Then install the resulting packages with dpkg -i I actually though 7174-3 worked with 2.6.15 though. Maybe that is x86 only though. Or maybe amd64 doesn't have the same version as sarge i386 does. Worth checking actually. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia building from source (2.6.15)
On Tuesday 04 April 2006 11:29, you wrote: On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:24:19AM -0800, Sebastian Haase wrote: Hi, I'm running kernel version 2.6.15 from backports (2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp) Then I tried to build the nvidia kernel module after dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.15-1...(also from backports) when trying to build the nvidia-kernel-source (following the instructions in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source I got: cannot open perl script /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-1/scripts/setlocalversion The scripts folder seems not to exist in linux-headers anymore (vs. for older kernels the package was called: kernel-headers) Then I tried the module-assistant: it first went all well until (EE) Failed to load module nvidia (module does not exist, 0) in /var/log/XFree86.0.log Trying a manual modprobe nvidia says: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/lib/modules# modprobe nvidia nvidia: Unknown symbol register_ioctl32_conversion nvidia: Unknown symbol unregister_ioctl32_conversion FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp/nvidia/nvidia. ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) (I was wondering were the nvidia-glx-ia32 might come in - but it did not fix the problem...) Then I decided to go for a new version of the nvidia - 7174 from sarge might be rather old anyway ... so I googled and found http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia/dists/unstable/nvidia-graphics-d rivers/binary-amd64/ BAD idea !! In deselect it now complains that libc6 needs = 2.3.5-1 So: I hope I can undo this ... Any hint on where I can get a working (new) nvidia module for (any) rather new kernel !? Perhaps you can rebuild the newer nvidia package. Not sure. Then again it might depend on a newer debhelper version or something. You can try it though with the source package from etch/sid, and doing: dpkg-source -x nvidia*dsc cd nvidia-... dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -b Then install the resulting packages with dpkg -i I actually though 7174-3 worked with 2.6.15 though. Maybe that is x86 only though. Or maybe amd64 doesn't have the same version as sarge i386 does. Worth checking actually. Len Sorensen google just gave me this: http://colossus.apana.org.au/cgi-bin/dwww?type=filelocation=/usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8 does that mean the package already exists !? Is anyone from apana.org.au on this list ;-) - Sebastian Haase -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
