I'm unable to compile the latest nvidia kernel source with module-assistant, and am not sure I understand what the error is. I'm getting the following output:
$ sudo m-a update; sudo m-a prepare; sudo m-a auto-install -t nvidia Updated infos about 87 packages Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.26-2-amd64 Kernel headers available in /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/build apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done build-essential is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Done! . Updated infos about 1 packages Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.26-2-amd64 Kernel headers available in /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/build apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done build-essential is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Done! unpack Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/nvidia-kernel.tar.bz2, please wait... "/usr/share/modass/packages/nvidia-kernel-source" build KVERS=2.6.26-2-amd64 KSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/build KDREV=2.6.26-15 kdist_image /usr/bin/make -C . LINUXDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/build KVERREL=2.6.26-2-amd64 clean make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' rm -rf *.o *.ko .depend .*.flags .*.d .*.cmd *.mod.c .tmp_versions make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' dh_clean /usr/bin/make -f debian/rules kdist_clean kdist_config binary-modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' /usr/bin/make -C . LINUXDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/build KVERREL=2.6.26-2-amd64 clean make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' dh_clean /usr/bin/make -w -f debian/rules configure make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' sed 's/#KVERS#/2.6.26-2-amd64/g' debian/control.template > /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control sed 's/#KVERS#/2.6.26-2-amd64/g' debian/dirs.template > /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/dirs sed 's/#KVERS#/2.6.26-2-amd64/g' debian/override.template > /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/override make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' sed 's/#KVERS#/2.6.26-2-amd64/g' debian/control.template > /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control sed 's/#KVERS#/2.6.26-2-amd64/g' debian/dirs.template > /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/dirs sed 's/#KVERS#/2.6.26-2-amd64/g' debian/override.template > /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/override dh_testroot dh_prep # Build the modules /usr/bin/make -C . LINUXDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/build KVERREL=2.6.26-2-amd64 make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' # Install the modules dh_installdirs install -m 0644 /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/override /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-2-amd64/usr/share/lintian/overrides/nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-2-amd64 install -m 0644 /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nvidia.ko /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-2-amd64/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/nvidia/nvidia.ko ; \ install: cannot stat `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nvidia.ko': No such file or directory make[1]: *** [binary-modules] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' make: *** [kdist_build] Error 2 BUILD FAILED! See /var/cache/modass/nvidia-kernel-source.buildlog.2.6.26-2-amd64.1244865884 for details. Build failed. Press Return to continue... So, the kernel modules /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nvidia.ko isn't being built. Okay, I get that. But I can't understand from the rest of it *why not*. Can anyone point me in the right direction here? -- "Oh, look: rocks!" -- Doctor Who, "Destiny of the Daleks" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org