Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-07-18 21:02 +0200, Greg Madden wrote: > Thanks, what I don't understand though is why when gcc is installed it does a > symlink to gcc-4.4, on Squeeze. Because gcc-4.4 is the default compiler, but the kernel has been compiled with gcc-4.3 (mainly to avoid regressions that may show up whe

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 18 July 2010 09:31:46 Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-07-18 19:18 +0200, Greg Madden wrote: > > to make it work with the stuff from Nvidia's site, > > > > 1. Squeeze kernel 2.6.32-5 is configured with gcc 4.3.5 > > 2. gcc that is installed on Squeeze is 4.4.4 & 4.3.5 > > 3. installing gcc c

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-07-18 19:18 +0200, Greg Madden wrote: > to make it work with the stuff from Nvidia's site, > > 1. Squeeze kernel 2.6.32-5 is configured with gcc 4.3.5 > 2. gcc that is installed on Squeeze is 4.4.4 & 4.3.5 > 3. installing gcc creates a symbolic link to version of gcc-4.4.4 > 4. gcc is a

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 18 July 2010 01:22:00 Jason Filippou wrote: > Hello list, > > I just installed the new 2.6.32-5-686 kernel and I've been having > trouble installing the NVIDIA linux display driver. Usually this > process required of me only to download the linux-headers for the > relevant kernel release

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Amax
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:40:02 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: > Hello list, > > I just installed the new 2.6.32-5-686 kernel and I've been having > trouble installing the NVIDIA linux display driver. Usually this process > required of me only to download the linux-headers for the relevant > kernel re

[SOLVED] Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Jason Filippou
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Jason Filippou > wrote: > ... >> Which steps should I follow to compile the NVIDIA driver into the new kernel? > > Are you using squeeze ? If so I would suggest: > > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/n

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Angus Hedger
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2010-07-18 11:22 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: > >> I just installed the new 2.6.32-5-686 kernel and I've been having >> trouble installing the NVIDIA linux display driver. Usually this >> process required of me only to download the linux-h

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-07-18 11:22 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: > I just installed the new 2.6.32-5-686 kernel and I've been having > trouble installing the NVIDIA linux display driver. Usually this > process required of me only to download the linux-headers for the > relevant kernel release and then running the

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Jason Filippou wrote: ... > Which steps should I follow to compile the NVIDIA driver into the new kernel? Are you using squeeze ? If so I would suggest: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/nvidia-kernel-dkms -> apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms I am using modu