-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 18 March 2003 17:15, Austin wrote: > On 2003.03.18 11:04 G�tz Waschk wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 18. M�rz 2003, 17:00:02 Uhr MET, schrieb Per �yvind Karlsen: > > > > As I read debian has something like the kernel-source package > > > > splitted in the includes and the rest. If you want compile > > > > kernel-modules outside the kernel, the includes should be enough. Is > > > > it worth to think about the splitting of kernel-source package and > > > > the includes, included there ? > > > > > > no, they should'nt be splitted, headers are supplied by glibc > > > On Tuesday 18 March 2003 16:41, Steffen Barszus wrote: > > > > Au contraire, the glibc headers cannot be used to build kernel > > modules, you need the real kernel headers. If this is possible it > > would be really nice, as it sucks to install 170 MB of stuff just to > > rebuild the stupid NVIDIA drivers. > > Agreed. > There has to be an easier way to build nvidia drivers. > Telling someone on dialup: just install glibc-devel, XFree86-devel, and > kernel-source... is a big deal. > > Austin
does'nt NVIDIA usually provide binary kernel RPMS for stock kernels? the drivers should also be available from the club or come with boxed sets.. tell those poor dialup users to go for one of those;) - -- Regards, Per �yvind Karlsen Sintrax Solutions http://www.sintrax.net - +47 41681061 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+d0oRv8F7V9JOSuURArudAJ44ACEwYLN0LGK62InbeQedNSgOagCcDUMm 2EV0xsZ0UZQMFO4824DkyH8= =4z1s -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
