[aklug] Re: Nvidia kernel module for 2.6.26-1-486

if you try it and it fails you need to make sure that you purge everything
you tried before trying again, otherwise it will fail again. I have used
pretty much every driver they have had for the last 5 years since I normally
always buy Nvidia graphic cards.
this is the best way I have found to get the drivers working after failed
attempts

TO PURGE every possible thing you could have tried.
1.) sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf ./xorg.conf.back
2.) sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
3.) sudo dpkg -P envy (if you tried to install the envy program)
4.) sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*
5.) sudo nvidia-installer --uninstall

/*********** Now you should be clean of all possible ways to install the
nvidia drivers *********/
TO install the Nvidia drivers

1.) Now download a fresh copy of the most resent driver from
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
2.) sudo apt-get install build-essential
3.) sudo vim /etc/modules ( use whatever editor you want)
  3.a) Add "nvidia" without quotes to the list
  3.b) Save and Exit
4.) sudo vim /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common
  4.a) add "nv" without quotes to the restricted list. it should like this:
       DISABLED_MODULES="nv"
  4.b) Save and Exit
5.) Hit CTRL-ALT-F1
  5.a) You should now be in Command Line only now
  5.b) Login
6.) sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop ( if you use kdm replace gdm with kdm)
  6.a) this will shutdown the X-server
7.) sudo chmod a+x ./NVIDIA*.run
8.) sudo ./NVIDIA*.run
  8.a)BE SURE TO SAY YOU DO WANT IT WRITE A NEW xorg.conf
  8.b) if for some reason you did not tell it to write the xorg.conf file
use the following command
  8.c) sudo nvidia-config ( this will write or repair the xorg.conf file)
9.) sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start ( or kdm)
  9.a) you should now see the NVIDIA logo then your login screen.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:46 AM, James Zuelow <e5z8652@zuelow.net> wrote:

> On Wednesday 08 October 2008 09:27:53 Christopher Howard wrote:
> > I'm not much of a kernel expert. Is there anything special about
> > compiling kernel modules for the latest Debian Lenny kernel -- 2.6.26-1?
> > I've been trying to compile the Nvidia binary driver for my GeFORCE 8600
> > GT, and can't seem to pull it off successfully. I downloaded the package
> > "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.09-pkg1.run" from Nvidia and ran it at
> > run-level 1 (with the X server off). Per all its requirements, I 1)
> > installed gcc-4.1; 2) set the CC environment variable to gcc-4.1; 3)
> > installed the kernel header files, source, and tree.
> > Its seems to get all the way through the progress bar and then says that
> > it could not compile the module, with no explanation except 'see the
> > nvidia log file'. I attached the log file in-line to the end of this
> > e-mail.
> >
> > Is there a more modern, generic driver package or something that I'm
> > suppose to be using? I'm not sure because I come from a Mandriva
> > background, and the Mandy 2008 Spring version came with Nvidia drivers
> > pre-installed that seemed to run my hardware acceleration just fine.
>
> That whole 100 series was iffy for me. It is quite old now though -- do
> you
> need to use it? I had 100.14.19 working on my machine, I think the 09
> version never compiled for me (but I am also on AMD64).
>
> Right now I am using 173.14.12 on Lenny 2.6.26-1-amd64.
>
> James
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