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Seph64
01-18-2003, 04:45 PM
Well actually I can get Libranet installed, it's just that I can not get get NVidia's drivers to compile. The kernel source is in a tar.bz2 file, I don't know how to uncompress and unzip that file.
When I try to compile the NVidia drivers, it says that a file is missing, and I can't compile. I even tried downloading a version of the kernel source from kernel.org from my Windows partition, but that didn't work neither, same problem.
Any ideas?
sharth
01-18-2003, 04:52 PM
tar -jxvf <kernel source>
Seph64
01-18-2003, 05:12 PM
Thanks, but I still can't compile. The compiler states that I am missing modversions.h
sharth
01-18-2003, 05:13 PM
recompile kernel with module support.
Seph64
01-18-2003, 05:16 PM
Originally posted by sharth
recompile kernel with module support.
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I ain't doing that. I have tried recompiling kernels 3 times already, and I have failed to compile the kernel all 3 times. I have tried using the instructions I found here at the NHF section.
sharth
01-19-2003, 12:16 AM
very easy with debian. make menuconfig (to do the config file) make-kpkg kernel_image
It seems to be that you don't have module support, I believe that that is the error I used to get when i didn't have the option.
make sure that you have installed kernel-package
Joe_Atlanta
01-20-2003, 12:31 PM
Bad news and good news.
You HAVE to compile the kernel before installing the Nvidia drivers.
It's really EASY, either with the standard Debian method or using Libranet's Adminmenu or Xadminmenu.
Using Libranet's tools, all you have to do is select Libranet default and recompile, you don't have to change any of the settings.
After compiling, just follow the tips in this thread (http://libranetlinux.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=646) to install the drivers. Personally, I found it easiest to do the install from Single User mode. This makes sure there's no conflicting video drivers loaded.
sharth
01-20-2003, 01:40 PM
Originally posted by Joe_Atlanta
Personally, I found it easiest to do the install from Single User mode. This makes sure there's no conflicting video drivers loaded. However, if it is your first time building the drivers, you should have no problems :) an upgrade will give you a failure ONLY on the rmmod of the previously used nvidia module.