Hello I have just subscribed to this list, I hope I am going about getting help in the correct way.
I seem to be tantalizingly close to successfully installing kernel-source-2.6.0-test9 on my Inspiron 2650 but I keep falling at the last fence of trying to patch & install the nvidia video driver: System Details - Debian (testing/sarge), Dell Inspiron 2650 P4, 32MB GeForce2 Go Story so far - Kernel - Installed & unpacked kernel-source-2.6.0-test9 via apt/aptitude then did the following as root: cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.0-test9 make menuconfig (made selections using a saved config file from my 2.4.22 kernel as a starting point) make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image cd /usr/src/ dpkg -i kernel-image-2.6.0-test9_custom.1.0_i386.deb lilo shutdown -r now The Inspiron booted fine but as I expected it did not successfully launch X the screen did flicker while trying but it defaulted back to the console. Brief inspection using dmesg | more showed nothing worrying outside the launch of X. Nvidia - Downloaded the following: apt-get install module-init-tools NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run (from Nvidia) NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4496-2.6.diff (from www.minion.de) Then as root I did the following: cd /usr/src/ (this is were I downloaded the .run & .diff files to) ./NVIDIA*pkg2.run --extract-only cd /usr/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2/usr/src/nv patch -p1 < /usr/src/NVIDIA*.diff (No errors displayed) ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile (No errors displayed) make install (No errors displayed) lilo (Not sure I needed to do this) shutdown -r now The reboot went fine until X lunched a which point the Nvidia logo appeared three times (this might correspond with the 3 resolution in my XF86Config-4) and then everything locked-up even Ctrl-Alt-Backspace failed to work. It would be great if some knowledgeable person could please point out the blindingly obvious error I am making here, which for some reason is totally escaping me. Any useful pointers gratefully received. James --- James Aitken "Don't worry, everything's getting nicely out of control" Douglas Adams -- Personalised email by http://another.com
