Jamie, In the README.debian, it states:
"SUPPORT FOR 2.6 KERNELS: ------------------------ As of 1.0.5336-1, NVIDIA includes support for a 2.6 kernel. No extra steps are required." I have a Vaio PCG-GRT170 (no longer their absolute top of the line, but darned close!) with an nVidia card in it. Under 2.4.24, it's working fine. When I loaded 2.6.3, I recompiled the nVidia module from source. The nVidia splash screen comes up, for maybe .1 seconds, then it crashes back to the command line. I noticed that Xwin is now giving me these errors also: (EE) Failed to load module "GLcore" (module does not exist, 0) Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved! Symbol __glXActiveScreens from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved! Any idea where GLcore went? Curt- On Friday 05 March 2004 15:13, Jamie Penman-Smithson wrote: > Sorry for the late reply, real life caught up with me... > > I tried that, and for you it'll probably work, but I was using a 2.6 > kernel, which the nvidia modules don't support yet. > > If you have an nvidia card and want to use it with a 2.6 kernel there > are two excellent resources which helped me: > > NVIDIA Linux Driver Patches / Tonne of info on NVIDIA drivers - > http://www.minion.de > Andrew's Debian-nVidia HOWTO - > http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html > > Since you're using a 2.4.22 kernel you should be able to use XConfig > and use the nvidia drivers without any trouble, the only reason I > needed to download the patches was because I was using a 2.6 kernel. > > I've cc'd the list so if anyone comes across the thread, they have > some pointers on how to proceed if they have the same problem I/you > did. > > HTH > > -j -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history
