[GRLUG] NVidia binaries

[Chris Lamrock]

The compile changes I had to make were in the Linux Kernel - not the Nvidia 
drivers.  Those I just let Nvidia compile normal.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john-thomas richards" <jtr at jrichards.org>
To: "GRLUG general mailing list" <grlug at grandrapids-lug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] NVidia binaries


> On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 11:24:12AM -0500, Chris Lamrock wrote:
>> Hey Zach,
>>
>> I had tons of problems with the Nvidia drivers and the 2.6x Kernel. 
>> Ubuntu
>> locked up occasionally and I couldn't run my laptop for more than 1/2 
>> hour
>> before it would lock hard.
>>
>> Sooo I installed Debian - it ran fine on the 2.4x kernel - when I 
>> upgraded
>> to 2.6x - the locks came back.  I did a bunch of googling (2or days) and
>> finally pieced together  some compile options I had to set to get the
>> 2.6.11.x kernel working with Nvidia - which it does now.
>>
>> I'm not sure if this is a similar problem or not - but it sure was 
>> annoying.
>> Nvidia has a pretty good tech forum that has quite a bit of info on linux
>> and the Nvidia driver...
>> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14
>
> Strange.  I have never changed compile options on my nVidia driver
> compiles.  Are you using the Debian method of compiling kernels &
> binary modules?  When I compile the kernel and the nVidia driver I get
> two .debs to install.  If I recompile a kernel simply to add/remove
> features (but not upgrading the version) I can reuse the nVidia .deb.
> -- 
> john-thomas
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