Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 21 Nov 2003 at 11:05, John Peter wrote: Roberto is right - don't let yourself be intimidated with it ! Put everything on paper and follow the guide step by step, you will succed and it's not that hard - it just seems so... Don't forget to unninstall and clean everything you did before, not to mess things up. Good luck Well, before the suggestion came up to compile 2.4.22, I attempted to switch to 2.4.18, and now she won't boot up on her Linux side without the rescue disk. After sleeping on it, I think I am going to go ahead and start from scratch, now that I have a better grep on the process. Once I get the basic system up and running, I will then attempt to compile and install 2.4.22. The other reason I am going to start over is because I am hoping to eventually start deploying Debian-based systems and networks for low to middle income families and small businesses; as my way of promoting Linux and Open Source software. So that being the case, starting over will be the best way for me to document my own installation process step by step so that i can eventually get these systems up and running as smoothly as I can do a Windows98-Lite system. --Alt-Boundary-19047.43714910-- Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Scarletdown wrote: On 21 Nov 2003 at 0:09, Roberto Sanchez wrote: No no no no! Don't start over. If you have headers, there is no need to make anything. I originassy thought you were going to install kernel-sources. Since you installed headers, just go ahaed an remake the driver module. Just for the helluvit, I went ahead and tried again to install the nForce drivers. Still errors though, though a bit different from the first time. Following nVidia's instructions, I unpacked the tarball with tar -xvzf NV* That created an nforce directory. So I then did a cd /nforce, and executed the make command. Here's the results (only 1 error as far as I can tell) http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/The-Fight-Goes-On-0.JPG After that, I skipped their instruction to issue the su command, since I was already logged in as root, and went on to do make install Here's the output from that... http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/The-Fight-Goes-On-1.JPG I have no idea what else to try You probably have a compiler version mismatch (i.e., the kernel was compiled with a slightly different version of gcc than what you have installed. I recommend that you just get the full sources, customize, and build your kernel, then build the nForce modules against the new kernel. This is an excellent guide to got you started: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 21 Nov 2003 at 2:25, Roberto Sanchez wrote: You probably have a compiler version mismatch (i.e., the kernel was compiled with a slightly different version of gcc than what you have installed. I recommend that you just get the full sources, customize, and build your kernel, then build the nForce modules against the new kernel. That could very well be the case. I found more instructions on nVidia's site that I overlooked before, and made the following additions to /etc/modules.conf alias eth0 nvnet alias sound-slot-0 nvaudio alias usb-interface usb-ohci Then I went to the nforce directory and did make uninstall followed by make and make install. After that, I tried modprobe nvnet, and got this error: kernel-module version mismatch nvnet.o was compiled for kernel version 2.4.18 while this kernel is version 2.4.18-bf2.4 And to make matters worse, the info on nVidia's GART patch says that it requires kernel 2.4.20, so this sounds like if I want to have my ethernet, sound, and usb, I will have to do without the AGP capabilities on the motherboard, since that requires a different kernel than the others. This is an excellent guide to got you started: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html Hopefully it won't come to that though. Sadly, I took a look through those instructions and found myself rather overwhelmed (time to go take an Ibuprofen and read through them again...) __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Scarletdown wrote: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html Hopefully it won't come to that though. Sadly, I took a look through those instructions and found myself rather overwhelmed (time to go take an Ibuprofen and read through them again...) To slove the AGPGART problem, just get the 2.4.22 kernel source. Just jump in and build the kernel. It is not nearly as difficult as it seems on the surface, especially if you use kernel-package. -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Roberto Sanchez wrote: Scarletdown wrote: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html Hopefully it won't come to that though. Sadly, I took a look through those instructions and found myself rather overwhelmed (time to go take an Ibuprofen and read through them again...) To slove the AGPGART problem, just get the 2.4.22 kernel source. Just jump in and build the kernel. It is not nearly as difficult as it seems on the surface, especially if you use kernel-package. Roberto is right - don't let yourself be intimidated with it ! Put everything on paper and follow the guide step by step, you will succed and it's not that hard - it just seems so... Don't forget to unninstall and clean everything you did before, not to mess things up. Good luck John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Scarletdown wrote: On 19 Nov 2003 at 10:37, Scarletdown wrote: On 19 Nov 2003 at 9:48, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Not only that, this is what it says in the release notes: At the current time, the nForce drivers require a 2.4 series kernel. Frm the screen shot, it looks like a 2.2.20 kernel. Well, I downloaded everything from here: http://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian-cdimage/images/current/i386/ I have performed a fresh clean reinstall, and am now set up with 2.4.18 Yet despite the updated kernel, I'm still getting errors when I try to install the nVidia drivers. Here are the error messages this time: In file included from:#160; nvnet.h:20, nvnet.c:21: /usr/include/linux/module.h:21: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory. Execute the following (this assumes /usr/src/linux points to your current kernel source): cd /usr/src/linux cp /boot/config-2-4-18-your version .config make oldconfig make dep After all that, it should work. -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 20 Nov 2003 at 2:01, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Execute the following (this assumes /usr/src/linux points to your current kernel source): cd /usr/src/linux cp /boot/config-2-4-18-your version .config make oldconfig make dep After all that, it should work. That didn't work, because I can't find anything on the hard drive that looks like a kernal source; and the only directory within /usr/src is one called rpm, which has several empty directories underneath it. There is no /usr/src/linux __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
* Scarletdown [EMAIL PROTECTED] [031120 15:26]: On 19 Nov 2003 at 10:37, Scarletdown wrote: On 19 Nov 2003 at 9:48, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Not only that, this is what it says in the release notes: At the current time, the nForce drivers require a 2.4 series kernel. Frm the screen shot, it looks like a 2.2.20 kernel. Well, I downloaded everything from here: http://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian-cdimage/images/current/i386/ I have performed a fresh clean reinstall, and am now set up with 2.4.18 Yet despite the updated kernel, I'm still getting errors when I try to install the nVidia drivers. Here are the error messages this time: In file included from:#160; nvnet.h:20, nvnet.c:21: /usr/include/linux/module.h:21: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory. Looks like you need to install the kernel-headers package that goes which your kernel-image package (assuming you are using a prepackaged Debian kernel). # apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` then make a symlink to /usr/src/linux # ln -s /usr/src/kernel-headers-`uname -r` /usr/src/linux HTH, although YMMV, Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux twofish 2.6.0-test9-looxt93c2 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 20 Nov 2003 at 17:57, Nick Hastings wrote: Looks like you need to install the kernel-headers package that goes which your kernel-image package (assuming you are using a prepackaged Debian kernel). # apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` then make a symlink to /usr/src/linux # ln -s /usr/src/kernel-headers-`uname -r` /usr/src/linux I can already tell that that is not going to work; since there is no linux directory under /usr/src, just an rpm directory with several empty directories beneath it. __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On Thursday 20 November 2003 10:40, Scarletdown wrote: On 20 Nov 2003 at 17:57, Nick Hastings wrote: Looks like you need to install the kernel-headers package that goes which your kernel-image package (assuming you are using a prepackaged Debian kernel). # apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` then make a symlink to /usr/src/linux # ln -s /usr/src/kernel-headers-`uname -r` /usr/src/linux I can already tell that that is not going to work; since there is no linux directory under /usr/src, just an rpm directory with several empty directories beneath it. apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` will fetch that missing files from a debian server for you. Greetings Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 20 Nov 2003 at 11:00, Alexander Rink wrote: apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` will fetch that missing files from a debian server for you. And that makes for a nice little catch-22 situation. The whole reason I'm doing this is so I can get the nVidia nForce drivers installed. Without them, neither of the on-board NICs work (or the sound for that matter). So there is no way I can get the missing files from a debian server, as I have no network connectivity yet. __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On Thursday 20 November 2003 11:12, Scarletdown wrote: And that makes for a nice little catch-22 situation. The whole reason I'm doing this is so I can get the nVidia nForce drivers installed. Without them, neither of the on-board NICs work (or the sound for that matter). So there is no way I can get the missing files from a debian server, as I have no network connectivity yet. Hmm...because u can write email i suppose that u have internet access on another computer. You can get the required file using a webbrowser, pointing it to www.debian.org, choose Debian packages and search for kernel-headers in stable for example. After this download the file, copy it on a cdrom. Then use dpkg -i /mnt/cdrom/kernel-headers- Everything should work now. Greetings -Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Scarletdown wrote: On 20 Nov 2003 at 11:00, Alexander Rink wrote: apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` will fetch that missing files from a debian server for you. And that makes for a nice little catch-22 situation. The whole reason I'm doing this is so I can get the nVidia nForce drivers installed. Without them, neither of the on-board NICs work (or the sound for that matter). So there is no way I can get the missing files from a debian server, as I have no network connectivity yet. No problem there - you did install from a cd right?(you must have, as you don't have connectivity). Use apt-cdrom add to put your install cd in your sources and then you can issue apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` You can also use dpkg -i pkg name to install from the cd ... John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On Thursday 20 November 2003 11:33, Alexander Rink wrote: On Thursday 20 November 2003 11:12, Scarletdown wrote: And that makes for a nice little catch-22 situation. The whole reason I'm doing this is so I can get the nVidia nForce drivers installed. Without them, neither of the on-board NICs work (or the sound for that matter). So there is no way I can get the missing files from a debian server, as I have no network connectivity yet. Hmm...because u can write email i suppose that u have internet access on another computer. You can get the required file using a webbrowser, pointing it to www.debian.org, choose Debian packages and search for kernel-headers in stable for example. After this download the file, copy it on a cdrom. Then use dpkg -i /mnt/cdrom/kernel-headers- Everything should work now. Greetings Hehe...my fault...if there is a 2.4.18 kernel on your Debian cdrom from which u installed the system...then there should be the kernel-headers- too. Just look for it on the cdrom and use dpkg -i kernel-headers- as mentioned above. But first give apt-get install kernel-headers- a try, cause if your /etc/apt/sources.list is set up correct, your cdrom is already mentioned as a source for packages. Dont forget to mount it first. There is another way to install the package using dselect (a text gui for package management), choose option 2 (select) and when u reached the main package listing (after clicking away some help windows) u press / and search for kernel-headers, then choose the right one by pressing * and press enter. Hope this helps... Greetings Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 20 Nov 2003 at 10:39, John Peter wrote: No problem there - you did install from a cd right?(you must have, as you don't have connectivity). Use apt-cdrom add to put your install cd in your sources and I did that, and inserted the disk that has the kernal headers (disk 6). apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` After a bit of CD-ROM activity, the following error was returned: Couldn't find package kernal-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4 I tried it litterally as you stated above apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` As well as trying it by fully typing out the package name: apt-get install kernal-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4_2.4.18-5_386.deb (also without the .deb) and apt-get still couldn't find it. Additionally, I gave dselect a try, and selected both the above kernal headers as well as the one specifically for Athlons (as I am using an Athlon 2500 Barton). Everything allegedly went okay, but as before, I still get the No rule to make targer `oldconfig' error I'm about ready to start over from scratch yet again here. --Alt-Boundary-16837.869563-- Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Scarletdown wrote: On 20 Nov 2003 at 10:39, John Peter wrote: No problem there - you did install from a cd right?(you must have, as you don't have connectivity). Use apt-cdrom add to put your install cd in your sources and I did that, and inserted the disk that has the kernal headers (disk 6). apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` After a bit of CD-ROM activity, the following error was returned: Couldn't find package kernal-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4 ^^ Kernel is spelled with two e's and no a's. Could that be the problem? I tried it litterally as you stated above apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` As well as trying it by fully typing out the package name: apt-get install kernal-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4_2.4.18-5_386.deb (also without the .deb) and apt-get still couldn't find it. Additionally, I gave dselect a try, and selected both the above kernal headers as well as the one specifically for Athlons (as I am using an Athlon 2500 Barton).#160; Everything allegedly went okay, but as before, I still get the No rule to make targer `oldconfig' error I'm about ready to start over from scratch yet again here. Do you have the CD listed as a package source? If not, try 'apt-cdrom add' -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 20 Nov 2003 at 19:41, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Scarletdown wrote: On 20 Nov 2003 at 10:39, John Peter wrote: Couldn't find package kernal-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4 ^^ Kernel is spelled with two e's and no a's. Could that be the problem? That's possible. I honestly can't remember. Time to reboot to the Linux side and try again. Do you have the CD listed as a package source? If not, try 'apt-cdrom add' Yep, That was the first thing I did. __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 20 Nov 2003 at 2:01, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Execute the following (this assumes /usr/src/linux points to your current kernel source): cd /usr/src/linux cp /boot/config-2-4-18-your version .config make oldconfig make dep After all that, it should work. The headers are now allegedly properly installed (just one little typo was screwing things up). Now, as for the cd /usr/src/linux line, there was no linux directory under /usr/src. So, since that isn't where the kernal source was installed, what would be the most efficient way to find it on the drive without going through every directory manually. Also, about that second line in your instructions. Am I correct in assuming that the above command will copy the config-2.4.18-bf2.4 file to a file just named .config or am I misreading that? __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Scarletdown wrote: On 20 Nov 2003 at 2:01, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Execute the following (this assumes /usr/src/linux points to your current kernel source): cd /usr/src/linux cp /boot/config-2-4-18-your version .config make oldconfig make dep After all that, it should work. The headers are now allegedly properly installed (just one little typo was screwing things up). Now, as for the cd /usr/src/linux line, there was no linux directory under /usr/src. So, since that isn't where the kernal source was installed, what would be the most efficient way to find it on the drive without going through every directory manually. cd /usr/src/ ln -s kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4 linux cd linux/ Also, about that second line in your instructions. Am I correct in assuming that the above command will copy the config-2.4.18-bf2.4 file to a file just named .config or am I misreading that? Yes. But if you are using kernel-headers instead of kernel-source, skip those steps. -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 20 Nov 2003 at 22:01, Roberto Sanchez wrote: cd /usr/src/ ln -s kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4 linux cd linux/ Okay. I just gave that a try, and then running make oldconfig still gives me the No rule to make target `oldconfig'. Stop error. I think I'm just going to have to go ahead and start from scratch, since there's probably a bunch of other files that I probably needed to install, and starting over is probably the only way to make sure they do get installed from the beginning. __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Scarletdown wrote: On 20 Nov 2003 at 22:01, Roberto Sanchez wrote: cd /usr/src/ ln -s kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4 linux cd linux/ Okay. I just gave that a try, and then running make oldconfig still gives me the No rule to make target `oldconfig'. Stop error. I think I'm just going to have to go ahead and start from scratch, since there's probably a bunch of other files that I probably needed to install, and starting over is probably the only way to make sure they do get installed from the beginning. No no no no! Don't start over. If you have headers, there is no need to make anything. I originassy thought you were going to install kernel-sources. Since you installed headers, just go ahaed an remake the driver module. -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 21 Nov 2003 at 0:09, Roberto Sanchez wrote: No no no no! Don't start over. If you have headers, there is no need to make anything. I originassy thought you were going to install kernel-sources. Since you installed headers, just go ahaed an remake the driver module. Just for the helluvit, I went ahead and tried again to install the nForce drivers. Still errors though, though a bit different from the first time. Following nVidia's instructions, I unpacked the tarball with tar -xvzf NV* That created an nforce directory. So I then did a cd /nforce, and executed the make command. Here's the results (only 1 error as far as I can tell) http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/The-Fight-Goes-On-0.JPG After that, I skipped their instruction to issue the su command, since I was already logged in as root, and went on to do make install Here's the output from that... http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/The-Fight-Goes-On-1.JPG I have no idea what else to try __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
I have been using a A7N8X Deluxe with Debian for about a month now and have been extremely happy with it. One thing to remember is to boot with noapic nolapic kernel parameters. Do some googling if you want to know more. I have been using the forcedeth driver for a week now and nothing has broken yet, 3com nic works as expected, and onboard sound is great. I haven't even tried any 2.4 kernels but I am pretty sure it isn't a problem. I too have been using the nvidia video drivers since they first came out and I would not hesitate to recommend virtually any nvidia graphics card for use with linux. It may be binary-only drivers, but that is pretty much what you have to live with to get GLX accelerated graphics. I downloaded the drivers from nVidia and followed their instructions for installing them... tar -xvzf *gz (since I didn't want to type in the rather lengthy file name) cd nforce make make install make and make install gave me errors which can be seen in these to screen photos (figured this was better than trying to write them down. make http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/nforce-error-0.JPG make install http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/nforce-error-1.JPG Any ideas what is wrong here? As for forcedeth, is that only for the Ethernet drivers (both 3Com and nVidia I presume), or does it install drivers for all the nForce features? If it is only for the Ethernet adapters, then it doesn't seem like there would be any point in me using them since I would need the nVidia Unified drivers anyway for everything else. Also, where would I download forcedeth and how do I install it? __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On Wednesday 19 November 2003 10:22, Scarletdown wrote: snip I downloaded the drivers from nVidia and followed their instructions for installing them... tar -xvzf *gz (since I didn't want to type in the rather lengthy file name) cd nforce make make install make and make install gave me errors which can be seen in these to screen photos (figured this was better than trying to write them down. make http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/nforce-error-0.JPG It seems that your system is just missing the kernel headers. You can install them using apt-get install kernel-headers-your version The kernel headers will provide the missing modversions.h file. make install http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/nforce-error-1.JPG This is just an error caused by the missing modversions.h above and will be gone if the make step is successfull. Greetings Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Alexander Rink wrote: On Wednesday 19 November 2003 10:22, Scarletdown wrote: snip I downloaded the drivers from nVidia and followed their instructions for installing them... tar -xvzf *gz (since I didn't want to type in the rather lengthy file name) cd nforce make make install make and make install gave me errors which can be seen in these to screen photos (figured this was better than trying to write them down. make http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/nforce-error-0.JPG It seems that your system is just missing the kernel headers. You can install them using apt-get install kernel-headers-your version The kernel headers will provide the missing modversions.h file. Not only that, this is what it says in the release notes: At the current time, the nForce drivers require a 2.4 series kernel. Frm the screen shot, it looks like a 2.2.20 kernel. make install http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/nforce-error-1.JPG This is just an error caused by the missing modversions.h above and will be gone if the make step is successfull. Greetings Alex -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 19 Nov 2003 at 9:48, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Not only that, this is what it says in the release notes: At the current time, the nForce drivers require a 2.4 series kernel. Frm the screen shot, it looks like a 2.2.20 kernel. Well, I downloaded everything from here: http://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian-cdimage/images/current/i386/ I assumed that /current/ in the pathname for the ISOs meant the latest versions. So is there some other definition of current that I must have missed somewhere along the way? What does it take to get the 2.4 kernel if the sites that carry the images have 2.2.20 as their current implementation? --Alt-Boundary-25063.4265711-- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 19 Nov 2003 at 10:37, Scarletdown wrote: On 19 Nov 2003 at 9:48, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Not only that, this is what it says in the release notes: At the current time, the nForce drivers require a 2.4 series kernel. Frm the screen shot, it looks like a 2.2.20 kernel. Well, I downloaded everything from here: http://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian-cdimage/images/current/i386/ I have performed a fresh clean reinstall, and am now set up with 2.4.18 Yet despite the updated kernel, I'm still getting errors when I try to install the nVidia drivers. Here are the error messages this time: In file included from: nvnet.h:20, nvnet.c:21: /usr/include/linux/module.h:21: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory. __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On 19 Nov 2003 at 10:37, Scarletdown wrote: On 19 Nov 2003 at 9:48, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Not only that, this is what it says in the release notes: At the current time, the nForce drivers require a 2.4 series kernel. Frm the screen shot, it looks like a 2.2.20 kernel. Well, I downloaded everything from here: http://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian-cdimage/images/current/i386/ I have performed a fresh clean reinstall, and am now set up with 2.4.18 Yet despite the updated kernel, I'm still getting errors when I try to install the nVidia drivers. Here are the error messages this time: In file included from: nvnet.h:20, nvnet.c:21: /usr/include/linux/module.h:21: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory. --Alt-Boundary-9415.6966949-- Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Has anyone here managed to successfully get Debian working on an A7N8X Deluxe motherboard? I especially need to make sure that both on-board NICs (nVidia nForce MCP and 3Com 3C920B-EMB), and the on-board sound (nVidia nForce) will work. The nForce Drivers CD that came with my board has Red Hat and SuSE drivers (a couple rpms for RH 7.3) and whatever package type SuSE uses. How difficult would it be to extract what I need from these to use them on a Debian system. And while I'm at it, is the nVidia GeForce 5600FX (256MB) supported? I checked nVidia's site, and they have a driver that supposedly works with Linux. It's file name is NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run What does it take to get this installed? Thanks. __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Scarletdown wrote: Has anyone here managed to successfully get Debian working on an A7N8X Deluxe motherboard? I especially need to make sure that both on-board NICs (nVidia nForce MCP and 3Com 3C920B-EMB), and the on-board sound (nVidia nForce) will work. Go to the nVidia site and download the .tar.gz Unified platform (or something like that) driver. If you are the adveturous type, you can try out the new forcedeth driver, which is an attempt at a GPL dpiver for the nForce NIC. The nForce audio is in recent kernels (2.4.22 and newer). 3com drivers have been in the kernel for ages. The nForce Drivers CD that came with my board has Red Hat and SuSE drivers (a couple rpms for RH 7.3) and whatever package type SuSE uses. How difficult would it be to extract what I need from these to use them on a Debian system. And while I'm at it, is the nVidia GeForce 5600FX (256MB) supported? I checked nVidia's site, and they have a driver that supposedly works with Linux. It's file name is NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run What does it take to get this installed? The file you refer to is an executable script that downloads the driver from the nVidia site and installs it for you. Thanks. -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
On approximately Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 11:50:04PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: Scarletdown wrote: Has anyone here managed to successfully get Debian working on an A7N8X Deluxe motherboard? I especially need to make sure that both on-board NICs (nVidia nForce MCP and 3Com 3C920B-EMB), and the on-board sound (nVidia nForce) will work. snip -Roberto I have been using a A7N8X Deluxe with Debian for about a month now and have been extremely happy with it. One thing to remember is to boot with noapic nolapic kernel parameters. Do some googling if you want to know more. I have been using the forcedeth driver for a week now and nothing has broken yet, 3com nic works as expected, and onboard sound is great. I haven't even tried any 2.4 kernels but I am pretty sure it isn't a problem. I too have been using the nvidia video drivers since they first came out and I would not hesitate to recommend virtually any nvidia graphics card for use with linux. It may be binary-only drivers, but that is pretty much what you have to live with to get GLX accelerated graphics. -- Josh McKinney| Webmaster: http://joshandangie.org -- | They that can give up essential liberty Linux, the choice -o) | to obtain a little temporary safety deserve of the GNU generation/\ | neither liberty or safety. _\_v | -Benjamin Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Asus A7N8X Deluxe and Debian?
Josh McKinney wrote: I have been using a A7N8X Deluxe with Debian for about a month now and have been extremely happy with it. One thing to remember is to boot with noapic nolapic kernel parameters. Do some googling if you want to know more. I have been using the forcedeth driver for a week now and nothing has broken yet, 3com nic works as expected, and onboard sound is great. I haven't even tried any 2.4 kernels but I am pretty sure it isn't a problem. I too have been using the nvidia video drivers since they first came out and I would not hesitate to recommend virtually any nvidia graphics card for use with linux. It may be binary-only drivers, but that is pretty much what you have to live with to get GLX accelerated graphics. Not true. I have a Radeon 9000 Pro, and I get 2500 fps in glxgears with the open source DRI drivers and only 1900 fps with the proprietary ATI driver. Performance across other OpenGL apps follows the same pattern. -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
