OK I think I may be understanding something but don't know how to fix it. modprobe can't locate my module nvidia.o so it is not getting installed. I think the reason is that the file is being put in the directory
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o but I am trying to run version 2.4.18-24.8.0 of the kernel. I had rpmbuild --rebuild when I was in this kernel and it still put the file in the other directory. Can I just create a link (and how would I do that) to the nvidia.o file that I found or do I need to uninstall the rpm that is there now and rebuild it again and install again? Thanks, Jennifer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Troy Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] X server help > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 12:34:41PM -0800, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 09:03:10AM -0800, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > > > > If I use "nvidia" as the driver, it won't initialize my card. The > > > > NVIDIA site say to call it "nv". That seems to work for > > > > initializing the card. > > > > > > 'nv' is the nvidia driver that comes with the kernel. The packages > > > from nvidia.com install the "nvidia" driver. I just double checked my > > > XF86Config (to make sure I'm not tripping) and this is correct. > > > I checked (rpm -q) and I have the following installed > > NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191 NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191 > > > > So then am I supposed to have "nv" or "nvidia" as the driver? > > "nvidia" > > > > Try this: > > > ldd `which glxgears` > > > That command didn't work for me. I get the message > > ldd: ./which glxgears: No such file or directory > > Those were backquotes `, not single quotes ' > Use ` (same key as the tilde ~, usually just to the left of > the "1" key) > > backquotes capture the output from the enclosed command so you can use > that output as the argument to another command. > > The long way of doing the same thing is: > $ which glxgears > output = "/path/to/glxgears" so: > $ ldd /path/to/glxgears > > Hope this makes sense as backquotes are very useful. I remember > saying, 'huh?' when I first heard of them. > > > > > You need to make sure that libGL and libGLcore.so.1 are pointing to > > the nvidia > > > drivers: > > > > > > $ ls -l /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root \ > > > 17 2003-01-30 21:26 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.0.4191 > > > [troy@Saiph /etc/X11] > > > $ ls -l /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root \ > > > 21 2003-01-30 21:26 /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 -> libGLcore.so.1.0.4191 > > > > > They are the same as yours > > good. > > > > As was mentioned, you'll probably have better luck > > > using the src rpms' rather than the prebuilt ones. > > I used the src rpms for the kernel and the rpm for the GLX > > Hmm. You might try grabbing the src rpm for glx and --rebuild that as well. > > <http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-4191/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.src. rpm> > > If you have the 'wget' command, you can use it from the console to > retrieve the file. > > -troy > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
