On Don, 3 Juli 2003 13:43:24 -0500, Abrasive wrote: > Okay, once again I'm having trouble installing a display driver: Intel 845-G > I downloaded the drivers from http://www.intel.com > And after unpacking the tarball, I run ./install.sh > Everything runs fine until it needs to compile a new agpart module, and a > DRM module: > Error Follows: > > Compiling new agpart module... > ERROR: AGPART module did not compile > > Compiling DRM module... > ERROR: Kernel modules did not compile
too bad it doesn't tell exactly _what_ the error is.. > > The DRI drivers cannot be installed without the latest kernel > modules.(/lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4) > Installation will be aborted. i suppose, it means the modules it wasn't able to compile, as the module directory seems to exist. > > Is there a kernel module package out there for the kernel I'm running? > 2.4.18-bf2.4 the modules are includet in the kernel package. you seem to be missing onde or more of the following: 1. a compiler or nessecary tools like make or the like check for gcc, make and libc6 packages via 'dpkg -l |grep $package_name' 2. kernel headers. check for a directory named /usr/include and whats in it. there should be plenty of files ending in .h. if they are not there, install the kernelheader package that fits your kernel version. 'dpkg -l |grep kernel' should show you all kernel related packages that are installed. hth. ali. -- Alexander Meyer Key ID: FA4FC80C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
