RE: nvidia and 2.5.70 kernel

[Pavel Rozenboim <pavelr coresma com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher A. Williams [mailto:chrisw privatei com]
> Sent: Sun, June 01, 2003 5:35 PM
> To: Shrike-List
> Subject: Re: nvidia and 2.5.70 kernel
> 
> 
> ...And before we even get that far, has anyone been able to produce a
> reasonable kernel config file for Red Hat 9 under 2.5.70? I'm still
> struggling with this compiling. What I did that doesn't work:
> 
> 1) Unpack 2.5.70
> 2) cd /usr/src/linux-2.5.70
> 3) cp/usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/kernel-2.4.20-i686.config ./.config

I don't think 2.4 config files will work with 2.5 kernels. Just use 'make
menuconfig' or 'make xconfig' and select what you want.

> 4) make oldconfig (and accept all of the defaults)
> 5) make
> 
> ...and it fails.

How does it fail? There are still many modules that don't compile, so if you
get a compilation errors on some modules, try to deselect them and
recompile.


> 
> I've tried correcting modules along the way, but it's just tedious.
> 
> Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? This is my first time compiling a
> 2.5 series kernel and I'm afraid I am a bit rusty...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 03:42, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   backing up one level from my previous posting on where
> > one finds "modversions.h", let me ask a more general question --
> > has anyone successfully moved from a 2.4.20 kernel up to a recent
> > (ideally, 2.5.70) kernel and rebuilt and re-installed their
> > nvidia drivers?  care to share the recipe?
> > 
> >   i've been trying to combine what i find at www.nvidia.com and
> > more info at www.minion.de, but there are inevitable glitches
> > in either the build or installation process.
> > 
> >   i've been exchanging email with the guy behind www.minion.de,
> > and he's given me a couple more ideas, but is there anyone
> > who's actually pulled this off and can produce a working recipe?
> > 
> >   loads of thanks in advance for the lucky winner.
> > 
> > rday
> > 
> > p.s.  machine config:
> > 
> >   inspiron 8100
> >   nvidia geforce2go
> >   1600x1200 LCD display
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Robert P. J. Day
> > Eno River Technologies
> > Unix, Linux and Open Source training
> > Waterloo, Ontario
> > 
> > www.enoriver.com
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