On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 07:07:16PM +0100, Thomas Lundqvist wrote: > Hi all, I'm afraid it's more complicated... > > I discovered this problem today as well when upgrading kernel to: > 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686. > > Building from nvidia-kernel-source 1.0.8776-4 didn't work. I also > tried a later nvidia-kernel-source. Not the 173.14.09-5 one, > unfortunately I don't remember the exact version. It started with > 100-something. It was probably an old unstable package I > downloaded many months ago. > > Interesting thing: the later version was built with no problem > but the nvidia-drivers was too modern for my card (GeForce4 MX > 440). When trying "modprobe nvidia" it said: use an older version > (legacy) of the nvidia drivers. > > So it seems that the 1.0.8776-version is the most modern version > I can use for my card. Therefore, I went through the code and > changed the most critical lines to make it pass the compilation > (I looked in the 173.14.09-package in unstable to get some clues > about the kernel interface changes that caused these troubles). I > didn't think so much about correctness but the changes seems to > work (I run X now with 2.4.24 kernel and 1.0.8776 nvidia-kernel). > > I've attached a patch. Apply it before building and it should > work. I don't know about 64-bit kernels though (amd64). Might be > more complex. > > Apply patch like this: > cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/ > patch < patch-nv-1.0.8776_to_2.6.24.txt > > I might be missing something here though. I don't know really if > the latest version 173.14.09-5 supports my old card. Then, this > patching might be unnecessary. Maybe the old version (8776) needs > be maintaing also in the future to support some old cards...
Well lenny is out now, and contains a package called nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx which will probably work for you. 100.x and newer probably won't work on a card that old. Anyhow, you probably want to upgrade to the new stable release sometime soon anyhow. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
