Hi there, Thanks a lot for your help.
Have gotten the kernel to work with the nv driver for the moment, will try the patch for the Nvidia driver. > > about /dev/ttySX => I have the same problem ;) > You need to say Yes to Character/Serial Drivers/8250/16550 and compatible serial support. By default this is switched to No. Now all I need is Sound and the Scroll wheel on my mouse to work. Thanks once again. Bye On Wednesday 30 Jul 2003 8:59 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Le Mercredi 30 Juillet 2003 07:55, Jeetu Golani a écrit : > > Hi there, > > > > I have a NVidia GeForce2 MX 400 card and I'm trying to use kernel > > 2.6.0-test2 with it. The kernel compiles fine but I don't have X. I tried > > recompiling the driver I was using with kernel 2.4.18 but I get the > > message that the kernel doesn't support 2.6.x and newer kernels. I > > downloaded the latest driver but have similar issues with that. > > > > I'd appreciate if someone could guide me as to if there's a way i can use > > this card with kernel 2.6.0-test2. > > > > Barring this,I'd settle for any other driver which I could use. I just > > wanna test the kernel 2.6.0-test2 and need X. I think before I used the > > Nvidia driver,X used the nv driver and that worked fine (minus a few > > goodies the nvidia driver supports which i'm willing to live without to > > test this kernel),however just putting in the nv driver instead of nvidia > > in XF86Config-4 doesn't work. I would appreciate if someone could tell me > > what other modules,etc I'd need to have that working? > > > > Also, I have mouse support built-in to the kernel, however there isn't a > > /dev/psaux created. I also don't have /dev/ttyS0,etc. The files show up > > in the listing but trying to cat them doesn't work. I think this has > > something to do with me needing to mount devfs or something. If i try > > fiddling with the modules and getting the nv driver for X working, the > > next complaint i get is for my mouse, it needs device /dev/psaux. > > > > I'd really appreciate any help that could be provided for the above. > > Thank you in advance for everything. > > > > Bye for now > > hi > to make nvidia card working with kernel 2.6.0-testX, you need to patch the > nvidia driver source so, you need a patch corresponding on the version of > your driver : http://www.minion.de/nvidia.html > note that the last nvidia driver (4496) works well for me > step-by-step process : > download the nvidia driver and the patch, then run : > ./NVIDIA****.run --extract-only > cd NVIDIA***/usr/src/nv > patch -p1 < ../../../../NVIDIA_kernel***-2.5.diff > make > > that-s all (I hope) > > > about /dev/ttySX => I have the same problem ;) > > about /dev/psaux => I had the same problem > to solve it, you need to reconfigure your kernel, and make sure you have > set the options : INPUT_MOUSEDEV > INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX > in the section "Input device support" > > > good luck > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > NetCourrier, votre bureau virtuel sur Internet : Mail, Agenda, Clubs, > Toolbar... Web/Wap : www.netcourrier.com > Téléphone/Fax : 08 92 69 00 21 (0,34 € TTC/min) > Minitel: 3615 NETCOURRIER (0,15 € TTC/min) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
