I took the binary (tgz) distribution from the XFree86 website and installed it over my existing X 3.3.x. It worked without problem. Didn't have to install anything from NVidia (according to the readme on the NVidia website, support for the Geforece2 MX is included in the newest 4.whatever release). I do realise however that I will be in trouble when I want to upgrade Debian, but I'll see about that when it happens :-) I definitely did not have to recompile my kernel (altough it might be necessary for the more advanced features?)
Nico On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 10:52:31PM -0500, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > Well, the price was right and I grabbed a GeForce2 MX card... now I have no > X. I understood X 3.3.x support was nil, so started an X4 upgrade...! > > Now, I'm not sure how to proceed, I'm still downloading one packages, > (xserver-xfree86), but if I understand correctly, I need to compile the > kernel module and stuff. Has anyone done this? > > I try to compile the latest module (0.9-5) and get... > > cpp: -lang-c: linker input file unused since linking not done > cc: installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1': No such file or directory > make: *** [nv.o] Error 1 > > ? I don't understand the error. What just happened? Do I really need to > do this? This is quite different... > > -- > Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich > == It's VIRUSES, not VIRII! See http://language.perl.com/misc/virus.html == > > Concerning the war in Vietnam, Senator George Aiken of Vermont noted > in January, 1966, "I'm not very keen for doves or hawks. I think we need > more owls." > -- Bill Adler, "The Washington Wits" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- "It has been said that there are only two businesses that refer to customers as users: illegal drug trade and the computer industry." --------------------------------------------------------- Nico De Ranter Sony Service Center (SDCE/NEE-B) Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
