On Thursday 25 March 2004 15:46, Karthik Vishwanath wrote: > I installed the 2.4.18 source by 'apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.18', > extracted the source and made a symbolic /usr/src/linux -> > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/, and followed all the instructions below > as is. > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run quits with an error. > > # cat /var/log/nvidia-installer.log | grep ^ERROR > ERROR: Unable to determine the NVIDIA kernel module filename.
No No No, /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/ is NOT what you want i can assure you. When you untarred the source a directory called linux-2.4.18 should have been created you then need to create a symlink to "linux" for my example underneat, so lets start again. cd /usr/src tar xvzf /path/to/linux-2.4.18.tar.gz A directory will be created called linux-2.4.18 which now contains the source, so you now need to do; ln -s linux-2.4.18 linux cd linux Now edit the Makefile and do like i said. You can also use the installer with the --help option you will see that one can use switches to direct the installer to "uncommon" directorys, however belive me its better to do as i say because sooner or later you WILL get problems. > > How to proceed? > > Thanks, > > -K > > On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, at 3:49pm, pa3gcu wrote: > > If you installed the source for 2.4.18 then you should be able to do the > > following and get away with it; > > > > cd /usr/src/linux > > make mrproper > > cp /boot/config-xx .config > > edit Makefile > > change line 4 from > > EXTRAVERSION = > > To > > EXTRAVERSION = -k7 > > save file; > > make oldconfig > > make dep > > Thats it, now rerun > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run > > > > Note; > > i am presuming that debian has the default kernel config in /boot, most > > systems do store it there for your convinance. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs -- If the Linux community is a bunch of theives because they try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community is built on organized crime. Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
