I am still getting the error message about not being able to load nvidia.o from the nvidia driver installer. I did make depends as was suggested here-it didn't change the error message. In trying to do make menuconfig in /usr/src/kernel-sources... the following is the terminal response:
deblnx:/usr/src# cd kernel-source-2.4.18 deblnx:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18# make menuconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/scripts/lxdialog' /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lncurses collect2: ld returned 1 exit status >> Unable to find the Ncurses libraries. >> >> You must have Ncurses installed in order >> to use 'make menuconfig' make[1]: *** [ncurses] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/scripts/lxdialog' make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2 deblnx:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18# deblnx:~# apt-get install ncurses Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package ncurses has no available version, but exists in the database. This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents of sources.list E: Package ncurses has no installation candidate deblnx:~# --- Robert William Hutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Yurcik wrote: > > 1. Download and install the kernel-source package > that > > corresponds to the kernel version you're running. > > 2. Unbzip the bzip file that appears in /usr/src > > (something like > kernel-source-2.4.whatever.tar.bz2). > > 3. make a symbolic link to the resulting directory > > called /usr/src/linux (eg ln -s > > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.22 /usr/src/linux). > > 4. copy /boot/config-<kernelversion> to > > /usr/src/linux/.config > > 5. do a make menuconfig or make oldconfig. > > > > This should be enough to generate the headers; if > not > > you might try compiling the kernel as well: > > > > I did 1-4 above. At 'make menu config the > terminal > > responded with 'no target specified' I tried > adding > > the directory with the kernel-sources to the > command > > without without success. Do I really have to > compile > > the kernel to get this video card driver > installed? > > [snip] > > that should be "make menuconfig" and you should be > in the /usr/src/linux > directory. > > You don't have to compile the kernel, just configure > it (I think :). > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ 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]
