-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El Miércoles, 8 de Septiembre de 2004 14:51, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. escribió: > 1.) > sorry but you are using the nvidia binary > > > driver and we can't provide any support for it, > > mainly due to the fact that there is no source > > code to check or fix. > > Unless I'm mistaken, source code is in the package > named "nvidia-kernel-source", which I compiled.
Sorry to tell you that you are mistaken, of course. Nvidia distributes what is an object + glue: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/debian$ l /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/ total 15508 - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 804 mar 11 01:27 conftest.4.o - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 812 jul 12 17:49 conftest.5.o - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154 jul 12 17:49 conftest.c - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 904 jul 12 17:49 conftest.o - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 13525 jul 1 07:26 conftest.sh - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 6292 jul 1 07:26 gcc-version-check.c - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root src 2436 jul 1 07:26 makedevices.sh - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 904 jul 1 07:26 makefile - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 8421 jul 1 07:26 Makefile.kbuild - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 3904 jul 1 07:26 Makefile.nvidia - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 106433 jul 1 07:26 nv.c - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 13742 jul 1 07:26 nv.h - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5185082 jul 12 17:49 nvidia.ko <<<<<<<<<<<< - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3290 jul 12 17:49 nvidia.mod.c - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5179300 jul 12 17:49 nvidia.o <<<<<<<<<<<< - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 5132076 jul 1 07:26 nv-kernel.o <<<<<<<<<< - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 29168 jul 1 07:26 nv-linux.h - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 2677 jul 1 07:26 nv-memdbg.h - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 1316 jul 1 07:26 nv-misc.h - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 16425 jul 1 07:26 nvtypes.h - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 11598 jul 1 07:26 os-agp.c - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 790 jul 1 07:26 os-agp.h - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 28161 jul 1 07:26 os-interface.c - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 8509 jul 1 07:26 os-interface.h - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 10288 jul 1 07:26 os-registry.c - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 3067 jul 1 07:26 pat.h - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 1064 jul 1 07:26 README - -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 6897 jul 1 07:26 rmretval.h I remarked with <<<<< the problematic files. As you can see with a simple "file" command, those specific files are not exactly source files...: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/debian$ file /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nvidia.ko /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nvidia.ko: ELF 32-bit LSB relocatable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped What you compile is only the glue against your specific kernel and the binary driver core. Have not you guessed why is in non-free section? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/debian$ dpkg -s nvidia-kernel-source Package: nvidia-kernel-source Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: non-free/x11 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< [...] > 2.) The bug is still in version 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7 of > xserver-xfree86. Given that your system is "tainted" (is the word we use to tell about a system that used a non-free kernel module, you can see with "lsmod", for example, that your kernel looks "Tainted: "), we cannot consider further arguments. It is not about having an I-do-not-want-non-free-things-in-your-system opinion, but in fact we-cannot-trust-your-kernel-now-since-included-secret-code-that-could-corrupt-something. > 3.) > If this problem persists using the nv free > > > driver, feel free to reopen this bug. > > I'll try it. Please do it. It gets better, and while it is not as good as the closed-source one, it is a free alternative, and with the latter you will have support from Debian developers. Hope I explained to you the Debian X developers' point of view about this issue. Best regards, Ender. - -- Network engineer Debian Developer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBP5DPWs/EhA1iABsRAuE4AKDzTRObX3RVDVVnAh7FLZJ1ksAdLgCcDzi8 sSQ/YqBwLdCpV7kGdr85Qrw= =izpg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
