On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:30:17 -0000, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > Complete Linux newbie here. Successfully partitioned the disk on my W2K > box, and got it dual-booting with Woody (installed from a CD set). I > thought that was pretty cool, and I was going good! Tried startx, and got > this: (EE) No devices detected. > > Hmmm, no video driver presumably. My video card is a an ASUS V9520 Magic > (Nvidia GeForce FX5200 Series). No Linux drivers at Asus, so tried Nvidia: > lots there! Unfortunately the most recent ones all refused to install > because they don't support kernel versions earlier than 2.4 (despite the > readme saying that 2.2.12 is the minimum). The Woody install seems to have > given me 2.2.20. > > So, by trial and error, I have finished up with driver version 5328. > However, when I run the Nvidia install, I finish up with the following > error: "Unable to load the kernel module nvidia.o. This is most likely > because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel header files. > Blah blah blah." > > Now, I've used apt to install kernel-source-2.2.20. I have used the > kernel-include-path switch on the Nvidia installer to point at the folder > containing the kernel.h file, which is what the installer seems to want. > Thus, my command line is this: > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5328-pkg1.run --kernel-include-path > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.20/include > > But, I still get the error described above. > > Incidentally, before the install fails, I get a warning that "The compiler > used to compile the kernel was gcc 2.7; the current compiler is gcc 2.95." > Thus far I have overriden this warning and gone ahead anyway, but could > someone tell me how to set the CC environment variable, as suggested by the > installer, to get the correct compiler? > > If all this is complete codswallop (or if indeed I am in the wrong > newsgroup!) please don't spare my feelings! As I said, I am a complete > newbie, and all help will be very gratefully received, even if only to > direct me elsewhere! If any technical help is forthcoming, please, please > treat me like an idiot! I need actual commands to type! >
Surely someone with a nvidia card that read this list will answer helping you, but in the meantime you can search for former answers in the Debian mailing list archive (http://lists.debian.org/search.html) or with google (you can search "debian woody geforce" or "debian woody nvidia"). Said that, probably you'll find easier to switch to Sarge, if you have a network connection, that should have better support for your card, as there should be some packages with support for the nvidia binary drivers, but YMMV... =) Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
