[juneau-lug] Re: debian install tutorial

  • From: "James Zuelow" <jamesz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:24:31 -0800



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> [mailto:juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean Hegar
> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 7:32 AM
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> Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: debian install tutorial
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> well i followed the tutorial and everything went good until 
> setting x up. i have a gforce4 ti 42000  videocard,  i headed 
> on over to nvidia.com and dl the nvidia kernel module and the 
> video drivers couldn't get kernel module to install.  
> something about a different compiler that was used to compile 
> the kernel.  any thoughts?  i have updated xfree to version 
> 4.2.0, and i used the 2.4 kernel.  perhaps i need to rebuild 
> the kernel, if that is the deal is there a "debian" way to do 
> this or the usual way.  being new to debian still trying to 
> figure out the subtle little differences, any help would be 
> great.  thanks sean
> 


Nvidia used GCC 2.X or GCC 3.X to compile their drivers, and you used
another version.  You'd have to look on Nvidia's site to see if they
tell you which GCC they used to compile.  Then you have to make sure you
compile your kernel with the same version of GCC.  It is a pain.

Nvidia and Linux (not just Debian) are troublesome.  Nvidia does not
release the source code for their drivers.  They just include
pre-compiled drivers.  So there are no Nvidia modules included in the
kernel source, which leads to the same problem you get if the compiler
versions are sufficiently different.

Anyway, try this link:

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http://games.luv.asn.au/lsd/nvidia-mini-howto.html
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Cheers,

James


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