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  • From: Juuso Alasuutari <iuso AT sourcemage.org>
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  • Subject: [SM-Discuss] nvidia_driver trouble
  • Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:45:37 +0300

Nvidia's new driver (1.0-8756) is a bitch:

- Nvidia doesn't use a source root dir Makefile anymore. The actual
kernel module and a handful of other files are still installed by
make install, but e.g. the lib files aren't. Our options are to either
use their installer, or to replace it with bash code. The installer is
a bit of a tricky deal and needs to be studied, but for now I've just
replicated the old Makefile in INSTALL. Works for now, but probably
not for many future versions.

- For some ungodly reason many files are installed in the running
kernel tree instead of the sorcery kernel tree. I've tried everything:
variables, sediting the hell out of all possible files to replace
uname -r, invoking unamechange. Would someone help me find out what's
going on? Here's the part of my install log which demonstrates
the problem:

/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/kernel/drivers/char/agp/agpgart.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/modules.alias
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/modules.ccwmap
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/modules.dep
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/modules.ieee1394map
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/modules.inputmap
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/modules.isapnpmap
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/modules.ofmap
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/modules.pcimap
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/modules.seriomap
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/modules.symbols
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck3/modules.usbmap
/lib/modules/2.6.16-ck4/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko

I've updated the nvidia_driver spell to 1.0-8756, and it works, save for the
mentioned issues. I haven't uploaded it to z-rejected because I don't want to
replace a working spell with a project just for the sake of bleeding edge. I
would however be glad to send it to anyone who has interest in this matter.

iuso



  • [SM-Discuss] nvidia_driver trouble, Juuso Alasuutari, 04/12/2006

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