On Saturday 27 March 2004 08:19, pa3gcu wrote:
> > yet, # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run would not work.
>
> Then i am sorry to say you have NOT followed them to the "Tee".
I need to rephrase, i have just discovered another descrepancy, or at least it
looks like it to me, let me explain.
> make is (was) installed.
>
> sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --kernel-name=2.4.18-k7, did not
> work.
That opption is NOT what you want to use, its for a "non-running kernel".
>
> So, I obtained NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run from nvidia.com, and ran
> as: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run
At 01:30 AM 3/26/2004 -0500, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
make is (was) installed.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --kernel-name=2.4.18-k7, did not
work.
So, I obtained NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run from nvidia.com, and ran as:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run --kernel-name=2.4.18-k7, and thi
Ray Olszewski wrote:
Hard to say from this description if you are seeing the problems I
read about or not. With a sufficiently fast CPU ... a 3 GHz P4, say
... I could run xine this way using xshm, and that video method is a
real CPU hog. A better test would be something like this:
1. run a si
make is (was) installed.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --kernel-name=2.4.18-k7, did not
work.
So, I obtained NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run from nvidia.com, and ran as:
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run --kernel-name=2.4.18-k7, and this worked
(seemingly).
I set my X driver to be nvi
On Thursday 25 March 2004 21:06, pa3gcu wrote:
> After all if you read;
> ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-5336/README
> You will see that my examples are written there, they are not there for the
> duration, they are there to help you.
I am glad i did not write this README, i have
On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:28, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> >No No No, /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/ is NOT what you want i can assure
> >you.
AH, now i dont know how i missed it, however i now see what Ray meant, you
seem to be talking about an RPM install, ok anyway soory for the miscomm,
how
On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:28, Ray Olszewski 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
>
On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:46, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
> 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
On Thursday 25 March 2004 17:40, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> At 05:07 PM 3/25/2004 +0100, pa3gcu wrote:
> >On Thursday 25 March 2004 16:42, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> > > In fact, it should read
> > >
> > > EXTRAVERSION =-k7
> > >
> > > (without the space before the hyphen).
> >
> >No sorry Ray its
At 11:46 AM 3/25/2004 -0500, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
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 packa
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
At 05:07 PM 3/25/2004 +0100, pa3gcu wrote:
On Thursday 25 March 2004 16:42, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> In fact, it should read
>
> EXTRAVERSION =-k7
>
> (without the space before the hyphen).
No sorry Ray its not a typo, its how it should be a as matter of fact,
It possably works without a whi
At 05:15 PM 3/25/2004 +0100, pa3gcu wrote:
On Thursday 25 March 2004 15:46, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
> I installed the 2.4.18 source by 'apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18',
> extracted the source and made a symbolic /usr/src/linux ->
> /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/, and followed all the instru
On Thursday 25 March 2004 15:46, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
> I installed the 2.4.18 source by 'apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18',
> extracted the source and made a symbolic /usr/src/linux ->
> /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/, and followed all the instructions below
> as is.
>
> sh NVIDIA-Linux-x
On Thursday 25 March 2004 16:42, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> In fact, it should read
>
> EXTRAVERSION =-k7
>
> (without the space before the hyphen).
No sorry Ray its not a typo, its how it should be a as matter of fact,
It possably works without a white space but AFAIK white spaces are ignore
At 09:46 AM 3/25/2004 -0500, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
I installed the 2.4.18 source by 'apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18',
extracted the source and made a symbolic /usr/src/linux ->
/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/, and followed all the instructions below
as is.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg
I installed the 2.4.18 source by 'apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18',
extracted the source and made a symbolic /usr/src/linux ->
/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/, and followed all the instructions below
as is.
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run quits with an error.
# cat /var/log/nvidia-
At 06:47 PM 3/24/2004 +0530, joy wrote:
Ray Olszewski wrote:
I haven't myself switched to the 2.6.x kernel series yet, but I have seen
reports warning of problems with some external add-in modules, including
the nvidia drivers ... showing up as high CPU loads caused, I think, by
context switchi
Ray Olszewski wrote:
I haven't myself switched to the 2.6.x kernel series yet, but I have
seen reports warning of problems with some external add-in modules,
including the nvidia drivers ... showing up as high CPU loads caused,
I think, by context switching not being handled efficiently. (Also
pa3gcu wrote:
I dont want to sound like a wet blanket, however i have a machine here running
a 2.6 kernel, be aware there are issues with the nvidia video drivers, or at
least i have some.
I too had some problems in the beginning, but I believe APIC support on
uniprocessor systems breaks the
On Tuesday 23 March 2004 18:19, joy wrote:
> yup, I suggest the same. get your own kernel sources and compile them.
> if you get a 2.6 series kernel, you need to upgrade a few packages on
> the system( the version numbr of the software required is found in the
> sources in /Documentation/Changes.I
At 10:49 PM 3/23/2004 +0530, joy wrote:
[...]
(NOTE: The one thing I cannot vouch for is that kernel-source-2.4.18 and
kernel-image-2.4.18-k7 packages actually match up. I always compile my
own kernels after installing, so I have no actual experience with using
the Debian kernel-image-* packages
Ray Olszewski wrote:
Short answer: to use the nVidia proprietary X driver, you need on your
system the kernel source that matches your installed kernel. This is
so because part of what the nVidia package provides is a customized
framebuffer in the form of a kernel module called "nvidia".
How d
On Tuesday 23 March 2004 05:44, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
> Which driver(s) must I get from nvidia? I can get to their download site
> (nvidia.com/object/linux.html), but am unsure what I need to download.
>
> I got the latest version which gives me a file:
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run.
I
At 11:44 PM 3/22/2004 -0500, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
Which driver(s) must I get from nvidia? I can get to their download site
(nvidia.com/object/linux.html), but am unsure what I need to download.
I got the latest version which gives me a file:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run.
# sh NVIDIA-Linu
Which driver(s) must I get from nvidia? I can get to their download site
(nvidia.com/object/linux.html), but am unsure what I need to download.
I got the latest version which gives me a file:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run.
# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
quits with a series of
Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
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. Someh
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
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