On Sunday 16 March 2003 14:39, John F. wrote: > Gavrila wrote: > > John F. wrote: > >> I have a NVIDIA GeForce3, and the "nv" driver doesn't work very > >> well. I want to compile the "nvidia" driver from the sources, but I > >> don't know how to do it. I have installed nvidia-kernel-source and > >> nvidia-glx-source, but I don't know how to make the .deb packages to > >> install. What commands do I issue to do this? > >> Thanks > > > > I don't really think you need to have a .deb pkg to do that since > > you're 'patching' the kernel. > > However enter Nvidia_kernel dir and type 'make install', then go to > > Nvidia_glx and do the same. Then you have to edit the XFREE config > > file as stated in the nividia installation guide on nvidia site. > > > > Regards > > I went to the nvidia_kernel dir and typed 'make install', but it said > "*** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop." The > nvidia_kernel dir is under /usr/src/modules. I have made a .deb file > from /usr/src/modules for some alsa-modules, but I can't remember how to > do it. Any ideas? > Thanks >
Maybe I'm in the wrong ball park but isn't it cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-x.x.x-whatever ./configure then cd to your kernel source make modules make modules_install update-modules ? At least this was how I installed the ALSA drivers Cheers Eike -- Eike Lantzsch ZP6CGE Casilla de Correo 1519 Asuncion / Paraguay Tel.: 595-21-578698 FAX: 595-21-578690 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
