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mattux
10-20-02, 10:21 PM
hi

after installing the files do i do a depmod somewhere or something.
i remember reading it but cant find it again.
is there anything else i may need to do

thanks

bwkaz
10-20-02, 10:25 PM
You need to make sure your /etc/modules.conf is set up correctly (make sure there's one line aliasing something to NVdriver -- if something's there, then it doesn't matter what it is, it should be right), and then run depmod -a, yes. Whenever you change modules.conf, you should re-run depmod -a.

mattux
10-20-02, 10:40 PM
ok thx m8

just one thing, do i have to be in a particular directory when i do depmod or could i do it from anywhere.

cheers 4 help