Re: auto install of nvidia driver

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On Tuesday 10 July 2007, Claude Jones wrote:
>On Tue July 10 2007 10:19:54 Gene Heskett wrote:
>> >I don't really know exactly how dkms is written - are you
>> > sure this script will only work with Fedora kernels? I know
>> > it's used by other distros because I learned of it over on
>> > the PCLinuxOS list over a year ago. If you install custom
>> > kernels, can you get the kernel-devel and kernel-headers
>> > packages for same? If so, would dkms not work in that
>> > situation? I'm not challenging what you said - I'd just like
>> > to know how it works. Looking at Akemi's suggestion, it
>> > appears that he's checking the kernel at boot-up and running
>> > the nvidia installation if it detects a new kernel, but I
>> > don't fully understand the code and could certainly have
>> > that wrong, but, if so - doesn't running the nvidia
>> > installation file require the devel and headers too?
>> > Questions, questions....
>>
>> Of course it does, but how did I get to the state of running a
>> 2.6.22 kernel (which scheduler sucks dead toads through soda
>> straws BTW & thanks to Joanne for that phrase) without those
>> files being installed?  I'll leave that answer for the younger
>> whippersnappers here to figure out...
>
>So, back to my question, if anyone knows the answer. If you need
>the devel and headers to get to the state of running your
>kernel, which I assume is what you're driving at (pretending to
>be a whippersnapper here), then, shouldn't dkms work for your
>situation as well? Unless, perhaps the dkms looks in particular
>places for certain things, and you've got them in other
>places...
>
>just want to understand

My guess is only if the dkms thingy actually builds a fresh module just like 
the nvidia .run release does, then yes it should work.  But that is only a 
SWAG, and you know the accuracy of those.  So this leaves it as an 
exersize(sp) for someone to actually try.

It shouldn't be all that hard, just grab the tarball from kernel.org or a 
mirror, move the .config file from you present kernel into that unpacked 
tree, do a 'make oldconfig', followed by a make xconfig to check that which 
might be critical to your hardware, a make, and a make install, although the 
latter two are foreign commands to me as I use a script I wrote to do all 
that.  It does everything _but_ edit grub.conf for me.


>--
>Claude Jones
>Brunswick, MD, USA



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