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  • From: "Craig Dyke" <grail AT westnet.com.au>
  • To: "Grimoire" <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] nvidia (still)
  • Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:53:21 +0800

Hamish

Here is error:

Compile log for NVIDIA_driver 1.0-4363 Built on Sat Aug 16 15:29:56 UTC 2003
Using gcc version: 3.3
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86
1.0-4363....................................................................
............................................................................
....
patching file Makefile
patching file Makefile.kbuild
patching file Makefile.nvidia
patching file conftest.sh
patching file nv-linux.h
patching file nv.c
patching file os-agp.c
patching file os-interface.c
patching file os-registry.c
patching file nv-linux.h
Hunk #1 FAILED at 32.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file nv-linux.h.rej

And yes I was running 2.4.22 kernel when I tried to cast spell.
I have also tried it with both patches missing. This stops above
error from happening but I am still unable to get X to work
correctly :(

Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hamish Greig" <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>
To: "Grimoire" <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] nvidia (still)


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> On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 01:57, Craig Dyke wrote:
> > Hamish
> >
> > All valid questions and I apologise for not providing enough
information.
> > Let me see if I can remedy that:
> >
> > Kernel version: 2.4.22-rc1
> > NVIDIA_driver: 1.0-4363
> >
> > All spells on my machine are installed via cast.
> > I would not post a question without having first searched
> > as best I can for a solution.
>
> Yes i am sorry, i believe i was a "little" harsh. My point might have been
> valid but i think even Ghengis Khan would have been proud of my "leave no
> survivors" strategy. Sorry :)
> >
> > Yes my AGPGART is a module within my kernel.
> > No i had not visited the patch site. I am not very ofay with patching
> > but am trying to learn :)
> >
>
> Ok i just meant to browse the website for a FAQ or HOWTO. So you could see
if
> the problem was already known and/or fixed.
>
> > I apologise for not explaining the options more clearly for NvAgp.
> > It is my understanding that as part of in stalling the nvidia drivers
you
> > are
> > presented with the option of using nvidia's driver for agp as well.
> >
> > 0 = no agp support at all
> > 1 = nvidia's agp support
> > 2 = standard kernel agp support
> >
> > As for the error message, please find log attached to this email.
> >
> We need another way to get that log file from you. Your mail client chewed
it
> up and spat it out as Heiroglyphics (you are in windows ?, probably
because
> it doesn't recognise tar.bz2 as a file extension)
>
> > I am always happy to comply with a request for more information. In
> > future I will endeavour to supply more with original post.
> >
>
> You might find this link interesting. i only found it recently and it is a
> pretty good description of how to get maximum help in 0 seconds. And it is
> also very funny!
> http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> > If you require yet further details, do not hesitate to tell me what is
> > required?
> We can still do some work before we look at the log.
> If you are using a 2.4.X kernel then those two patches shouldn't be
applied.
> It will cause problems with the resulting driver. If they are than it is
a
> bug in the spell or with sorcery's handling of some commands to check the
> kernel version.
> There is one other possibility. Where you actually running the 2.4.22
kernel
> when you tried to cast NVIDIA_driver ? If you had cast the 2.4.22 kernel
but
> weren't using it that could be a problem. especially as the nvidia.o
kernel
> driver gets installed to /lib/modules/$(uname -r).
> The first thing i do after booting a new kernel is cast -c NVIDIA_driver,
> which installs the driver into the current kernel module tree.
> If the patches are being applied, AND you have the latest version of the
> spell(i dont mean the 1.0-4363 i mean latest writing of script) then you
> should check /var/state/sorcery/packages to see what version of linux
sorcery
> thinks you have.
> Hamish
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