Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-17 Thread Dominique Fortier
I found the README.Debian in "/usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel" and "/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx" to properly describe, step by step, what is required to in order to build the dot debs. Good Luck and enjoy ! Le dim 16/03/2003 à 11:38, John F. a écrit : > I have a NVIDIA GeForce3, and the "nv" driver do

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-17 Thread ronin2
Thank you for pointing that out. The distinction had escaped me. And since I had for more than a year been done this dozens of times without make-kpkg I had developed an unnecessary habit. :) Kevin On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 00:29:38 -0500 Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wr

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-17 Thread ronin2
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:35:30 +1100 Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, that and the fact that nvidia-glx is an X driver, and not a > kernel module :) Good points, both. Since glx depends on the kernel module, I never actually tried to change upgrade the kernel without re-installing it.

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-17 Thread Rob Weir
[Please don't top quote! It makes your message harder to read, especially in long threads.] On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 11:42:24AM -0800, John F. wrote: > I did this up throught the "debian/rules binary_modules" command, where > I got the following error: > > nv.c:22: linux/modversions.h: No such f

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 08:41:30PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:25:33 -0600 > "Kevin C. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 1. apt-get install nvidia-kernel-src nvidia-glx-src > > 2. make-kpkg modules_image > > 3. dpkg -i nvidia-kernel*.deb > > 4. cd nvidia-glx

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread Travis Crump
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK. The light *finally* dawns. There's no way to build the glx with make-kpkg, since nvidia-kernel must be *installed* before glx will build. And THAT'S why nvidia-glx doesn't get copied into /usr/src/modules. So I guess I've gone as far as I can. There is no way to buil

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread ronin2
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:25:33 -0600 "Kevin C. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. apt-get install nvidia-kernel-src nvidia-glx-src > 2. make-kpkg modules_image > 3. dpkg -i nvidia-kernel*.deb > 4. cd nvidia-glx-x.x. > 5. dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc > 6. cd /usr/src > 7. dpkg -i nvidia-glx*.

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread Kevin C. Smith
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 04:20:23PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:13:35 -0800 > "John F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I looked at that, but the part with "make-kpkg modules_image" seems > > like it is starting to compile a new kernel. I don't know, but most > > of t

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread ronin2
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:13:35 -0800 "John F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I looked at that, but the part with "make-kpkg modules_image" seems > like it is starting to compile a new kernel. I don't know, but most > of the questions I was being asked made no sense to me, I'm still > kinda a newbie

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread Jan Schulz
* John F. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > nvidia_kernel dir is under /usr/src/modules. I have made a .deb file > from /usr/src/modules for some alsa-modules, but I can't remember how to > do it. Any ideas? RTFM :) zless /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-src/README.Debian.gz less /usr/share/doc/nvidia

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread Ed Cogburn
John F. wrote: I did this up throught the "debian/rules binary_modules" command, where I got the following error: nv.c:22: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [nv.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-1.0.2880/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2880' make:

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread Eike Lantzsch
On Sunday 16 March 2003 14:39, John F. wrote: > Gavrila wrote: > > John F. wrote: > >> I have a NVIDIA GeForce3, and the "nv" driver doesn't work very > >> well. I want to compile the "nvidia" driver from the sources, but I > >> don't know how to do it. I have installed nvidia-kernel-source and >

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread sean finney
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 11:13:35AM -0800, John F. wrote: > I looked at that, but the part with "make-kpkg modules_image" seems like > it is starting to compile a new kernel. I don't know, but most of the > questions I was being asked made no sense to me, I'm still kinda a > newbie after a year

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread John F.
I did this up throught the "debian/rules binary_modules" command, where I got the following error: nv.c:22: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [nv.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-1.0.2880/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2880' make: *** [build-stam

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread John F.
I looked at that, but the part with "make-kpkg modules_image" seems like it is starting to compile a new kernel. I don't know, but most of the questions I was being asked made no sense to me, I'm still kinda a newbie after a year and a half in Linux. I don't know what I'm supposed to do. Than

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread Mpiktas
I went to the nvidia_kernel dir and typed 'make install', but it said "*** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop." The nvidia_kernel dir is under /usr/src/modules. I have made a .deb file from /usr/src/modules for some alsa-modules, but I can't remember how to do it. Any ideas?

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 16 Mar 2003 4:38 pm, John F. wrote: > I have a NVIDIA GeForce3, and the "nv" driver doesn't work very well. I > want to compile the "nvidia" driver from the sources, but I don't know > how to do it. I have installed nvidia-kernel-source and

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread sean finney
hi john, On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 09:39:59AM -0800, John F. wrote: > > I don't really think you need to have a .deb pkg to do that since > > you're 'patching' the kernel. > > However enter Nvidia_kernel dir and type 'make install', then go to > > Nvidia_glx and do the same. Then you have to edit

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread Ed Cogburn
John F. wrote: Gavrila wrote: John F. wrote: I have a NVIDIA GeForce3, and the "nv" driver doesn't work very well. I want to compile the "nvidia" driver from the sources, but I don't know how to do it. I have installed nvidia-kernel-source and nvidia-glx-source, but I don't know how to make

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread John F.
Gavrila wrote: John F. wrote: I have a NVIDIA GeForce3, and the "nv" driver doesn't work very well. I want to compile the "nvidia" driver from the sources, but I don't know how to do it. I have installed nvidia-kernel-source and nvidia-glx-source, but I don't know how to make the .deb packag

Re: making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread Gavrila
John F. wrote: I have a NVIDIA GeForce3, and the "nv" driver doesn't work very well. I want to compile the "nvidia" driver from the sources, but I don't know how to do it. I have installed nvidia-kernel-source and nvidia-glx-source, but I don't know how to make the .deb packages to install.

making nvidia drivers

2003-03-16 Thread John F.
I have a NVIDIA GeForce3, and the "nv" driver doesn't work very well. I want to compile the "nvidia" driver from the sources, but I don't know how to do it. I have installed nvidia-kernel-source and nvidia-glx-source, but I don't know how to make the .deb packages to install. What commands d