kernel interface impasse in Debian

clarknova · 08-28-03, 01:31 AM

Hey,

Finding no precompiled kernel interface (2.2.20), I d/led my kernel source and ran the installer, which reported not finding the kernel headers. I ran it again, specifying the exact path, but the installer reported not finding a certain "*.h" file. It's true, the specified file does not exist in the target directory, so where do I go from here?

Thanks in advance.

XoD · 08-28-03, 02:03 AM

I think the nvidia driver works only with 2.4.x kernels and above... right?

**zander** · 08-28-03, 10:36 AM

The kernel source tree needs to be configured in order to be useful; if the installer complains about modversions.h missing, this generally isn't the case. You have two options; either configure the kernel source or, alternatively, download and install the Debian GNU/Linux kernel-headers package for your kernel.

XoD · 08-28-03, 11:04 AM

Then it does work with older than 2.4 kernels... I find a bit strange that he didn't get an already configured kernel tree from the editor of his distro... well... my mistake.

**zander** · 08-28-03, 11:08 AM

That's correct, current versions of the NVIDIA driver still officially support Linux 2.2. I don't know what the default configuration status of Debian GNU/Linux kernel-source packages is, unfortunately, but the kernel-headers packages should be sufficient to build the NVIDIA driver against.

08-28-03, 02:03 AM	#2
XoD Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Paris - France Posts: 101	old kernel... I think the nvidia driver works only with 2.4.x kernels and above... right?

08-28-03, 11:04 AM	#4
XoD Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Paris - France Posts: 101	Ok... Then it does work with older than 2.4 kernels... I find a bit strange that he didn't get an already configured kernel tree from the editor of his distro... well... my mistake.

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08-28-03, 10:36 AM	#3
zander NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,740	The kernel source tree needs to be configured in order to be useful; if the installer complains about modversions.h missing, this generally isn't the case. You have two options; either configure the kernel source or, alternatively, download and install the Debian GNU/Linux kernel-headers package for your kernel.

08-28-03, 11:08 AM	#5
zander NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,740	That's correct, current versions of the NVIDIA driver still officially support Linux 2.2. I don't know what the default configuration status of Debian GNU/Linux kernel-source packages is, unfortunately, but the kernel-headers packages should be sufficient to build the NVIDIA driver against.