> Hi Tom! > > On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Tom Allison wrote: > > [snip] > >> Is there some way to use the "stock" kernel-image-2.6 deb packages >> without rebuilding my own kernel and use NVIDIA drivers? The howto's >> imply that this can only be done by building your own kernel. I can and >> have in the past, but I really don't care to anymore as it's not a >> significant win for me. >> > [snip] > > I'm running the stock 2.6.5 kernel image with nvidia's drivers. > > The only thing I had to do was: > 1. Install kernel-headers > apt-get install kernel-headers-$(uname -r) > > 2. Create a sym link that points to the headers > ln -s /usr/src/kernel-headers-$(uname -r) /lib/modules/$(uname > -r)/build > > 3. Install Nvidia drivers. > Just execute NVIDIA-Linux-x86-*.*-****-pkg1.run and it will build the > driver. > > I've done this on every kernel I've used since 2.4. >
This is great! You make it sound too easy. Heck, I should be able to write a script to do this for me... something that captures uname -r into a temp file and if that's different or missing, then create it anew and run the link and .run files... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
