Steve Hargreaves wrote: >Hi there, > >OK - after getting most of my H/W working with debian - the last two >exceptions are the dedicated nvidia driver for my card, and the modem >drivers for my Intel 536EP modem. > >I suspect I may never get the modem working, so I'll concentrate on the gfx >card ATM. > >I have installed the 2.4.24 kernel for i386 from www.backports.org (I failed >miserably trying to compile my own kernel), and since the nvidia kernel >module needs the kernel sources to compile, I downloaded and installed the >accompanying source package. So far so good. > >The nvidia kernel module compiles fine, but when I try and use it I get the >following error message:- > >Using /lib/modules/2.4.24-1-386/kernel/drivers/video/nv >/lib/modules/2.4.24-1-386/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o > /lib/modules/2.4.24-1-386/kernel/drivers/video/ >24 > while this kernel is version 2.4.24-1-386. > >Now I know why the error occurs (the source package won't have the 1-386 bit >in the version information) - but I don't know how to fix it so that I get a >correct version of nvidia.o - any help would be appreciated. > >This is getting to be a pain - I've done nothing but download stuff for 2 >days over a 56k dial up connection - it'd be nice if I could get the right >stuff first time :o( > >Thanks > > >Steve. > Hi
I compiled 6 different 2.4.xx kernels and I could not get any of them to work with nvidia or my LAN card on my AMD computer, it would work with 2.2.20 but I wanted something newer. I found that it easy to get everything working with kernel 2.6.1 and runs great. I spent a lot of time trying to get 2.4.xx to work. I do use 2.4.23 on my other computer with an P4 but it does not have a nvidia card. If you are using AMD based computer and DEBIAN go to 2.6.1 !!! Bill K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
