Toufeeq Hussain wrote:
Hello,HOWTO available for installing the NVIDIA Driver through the default NVIDIA Installer at nvidia.org ?
When I run the installer it says kernel source not found even after I
provide the --kernel-source-path=<path to kernel source>
I apt-get 'ed the kernel source too, still it fails to build the module.
I have: Kernel version 2.6.8.1 (Sarge default) Geforce FX5900
Regards, Toufeeq Hussain
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if you have a stock kernel image installed on sarge (i.e. you did not compile the kernel) you need to make sure that that cooresponding src package is installed.
uname -r (returns kernel-version) apt-cache search <kernel version> (gives you the relevant packages) apt-get install <package> (install the package) cd /usr/src tar bxvf <package name> now run nvidia's script
now here's an additional tip, if you run multiple kernels, the script will only install it on one version of the kernel, boo hoo! so that means you need to install nvidia everytime you switch kernels. The easy hack around this is to extract the the files from the script (I forget the syntax) and go into the directory and do a make install, which will install the modules into /lib/modules/<current kernel> for you. You can do this for multiple kernels.
Otherwise, if you installed a custom kernel you need to compile it the debian way. If more information is needed on this, and your efforts in searching on the web have failed, drop a line.
Paul
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