Compiling NVIDIA driver for -ntpl kernel

[Ossama Khayaat]

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You're really great people :)

Ossama

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trond Eivind Glomsrød [mailto:teg at pvv.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:21 PM
> To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Compiling NVIDIA driver for -ntpl kernel
> 
> Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote:
> 
> > Elton Woo wrote:
> >
> >> On October 23, 2003 08:21 am, Christopher A. Williams , <"Christopher
> >> A. Williams" <chrisw01 at privatei.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Yet another solution is to run the original NVidia installer program
> >>> with the parameter --add-this-kernel which will create a customized
> >>> version of the installer. Then use that one to install the drivers.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Kindly pardon my ignorance: But is the command *precisely*
> >> "sh --add-this-kernel NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run"
> >> OR " sh -add-{name of current kernel} etc..." I mean is "this-kernel"
> >> a placeholder for the current kernel, or should I type that command
> >> as shown?
> >>
> >>
> > It would be "sh NVIDIA.... --add..." of course. Think about it... bash
> > would try to run a non-existing
> > '-add-this-kernel' file otherwise. That said, it this doesn't fix the
> > problem, which is that the Nvidia building
> > procedure will complain when the system compiler doesn't match what
> > the kernel is built with. Do
> > 'export CC=gcc32' to fix that.
> 
> 
> Or rather, use the option itself. Which wouldn't make more sense, bash
> has no such option.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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