Thank you for pointing that out. The distinction had escaped me. And since I had for more than a year been done this dozens of times without make-kpkg I had developed an unnecessary habit. :)
Kevin On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 00:29:38 -0500 Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > OK. The light *finally* dawns. > > > > There's no way to build the glx with make-kpkg, since nvidia-kernel > > must be *installed* before glx will build. And THAT'S why nvidia-glx > > doesn't get copied into /usr/src/modules. </me slaps forehead> > > > > So I guess I've gone as far as I can. > > > > There is no way to build glx with make-kpkg because the glx package > has nothing to do with the kernel: it is an xfree86 module. When you > upgrade your kernel, you don't need to reinstall nvidia-glx, you just > need to install a version of nvidia-kernel for the new kernel. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -L nvidia-glx > /. > /usr > /usr/lib > /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.0.3123 > /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1.0.3123 > /usr/share > /usr/share/lintian > /usr/share/lintian/overrides > /usr/share/lintian/overrides/nvidia-glx > /usr/share/doc > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.gz > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.DE.gz > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/changelog.Debian.gz > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.Debian > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/copyright > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/examples > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/examples/XF86Config.sample.gz > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/NVIDIA_Changelog.gz > /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/license.txt.gz > /usr/X11R6 > /usr/X11R6/lib > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so.1.0.3123 > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.a > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1.0.3123 > /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 > /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 > package diverts others to: /usr/share/nvidia-glx/diversions/libGL.so.1 > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1 > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
