--- John Yurcik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for the answers.I did look at the read me > at > nvidia and it didn't illuminate what would solve > this. > (I upgraded my video card and then had Xserver > failure > in debian.) Anyway here is the results of uname -a & > my /usr/src/. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux deblnx 2.4.18-k7 #1 Sun Apr 14 13:19:11 EST 2002 i686 unknown [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd /usr/src/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src$ ls kernel-headers-2.4.18-1-k7 linux rpm [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src$ > > --- "Scott C. Linnenbringer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:50:17 -0700 (PDT), John > > Yurcik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > I thought of this after I sent this out, but > would > > > upgrading to testing resolve this problem? > Knoppix > > 3.3 > > > will "see" the video card I'm trying to install, > > and > > > Debian stable doesn't. > > > > In this case, not at all. This is a kernel and > > driver issue, not > > anything that would require upgrading your system > > (including XFree, gcc > > and any assorted libraries.) > > > > If Knoppix can get your video card working, then > > it's very possible to > > do this in Debian. In fact, if Knoppix can do it > > right out of the box, > > it can be done, it's just a matter of doing it. > > > > My suggestion is to just doublecheck what kernel > you > > have installed > > (with 'uname -a') and what kernel headers you have > > symlinked to > > /usr/src/linux. > > > > You can also just pass the location of the > headers, > > without them being > > in /usr/src/linux, in the NVIDIA installer. I > don't > > remember what the > > argument is, but it should be like: > > > > # ./NVIDIA_installer.sh --with-headers > > /usr/src/kernel-headers-* > > > > whereas adjusted accordingly, (--with-headers > might > > be something > > different, not sure of the exact syntax.) > > > > > > -- > > scott c. linnenbringer | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.panix.com/~sl | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | irc: Jawoota > > > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product > search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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