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On Saturday 31 October 2009 22:03:04 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> > For instance, you might be running 2.6.31-r4 and also have 2.6.31-r3 |
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> > installed. To install nvidia-drivers, you must build it twice - against |
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> > each kernel you want to use it with (nvidia-drivers builds and installs a |
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> > kernel driver into /lib/modules/<kernel version>) |
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> It's a bit more obfuscated than that. Maybe nvidia-drivers work |
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> different, but ati-drivers will build against /usr/src/linux but install |
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> the actual modules in /lib/modules/running_kernel. If /usr/src/linux |
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> doesn't point to the running kernel, the modules will be installed in |
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> the wrong place. |
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That is just so mind-bogglingly absurdly stupid I doubt if ATI should even be |
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allowed near a computer.... |
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Compiling code never depends on something running, it only depends on things |
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being present that can be linked against. |
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Thanks for reminding me why I insist on NVidia GPUs, I'd forgotten. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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