the bdi-4.38 install went well for me, except networking. in the past i have used the NFORCE drivers from nvidia to get the network card to work. i have downloaded the latest files from nvidia, but the when i run the NFORCE install script, it complains that it does not have a precompiled driver for my (BDI) kernel and that it cannot find the kernel source so it can compile. i cant find the kernel source either! i presume i will need to use anonymous cvs to download the kernel. but i am not sure where this is hosted (and what module to specify). i am stuck for the moment, can anyone point me in the right direction.
Hi David First off, complain to Nvidia and ask why their driver source isn't GPL... Life would be so much easier for both parties. That said, on to the HOWTO. On Friday 30 December 2005 16:34, David Szakovits wrote:
the bdi-4.38 install went well for me, except networking. in the past i have used the NFORCE drivers from nvidia to get the network card to work.
Not having an nvidia card to hand, I can only provide details on compilation.
i have downloaded the latest files from nvidia, but the when i run the NFORCE install script, it complains that it does not have a precompiled driver for my (BDI) kernel and that it cannot find the kernel source so it can compile.
i cant find the kernel source either!
The kernel sources are all on the CD, but you do not need them to compile the nvidia module. As long as the kernel headers are installed along with gcc-2.95, you have everything you need..
i presume i will need to use anonymous cvs to download the kernel. but i am not sure where this is hosted (and what module to specify).
The kernel developers have not used CVS for their efforts for as long as I can remember. It used to be bitkeeper, now they use git. Regular snapshots being posted to www.kernel.org.
i am stuck for the moment, can anyone point me in the right direction.
Now for the instructions.. First, getting the computer to pull packages from the CD rather than the internet.. apt-cdrom add Now for the compiler & kernel headers.. apt-get install gcc-2.95 linux-headers-2.6.12.6-rtai Download the proprietary closed source package from nvidia.. (watch the line wrap here..) wget -c http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8178/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8... Now to build the puppy... CC=gcc-2.95 sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12.6-rtai Hopefully, the driver should build and install successfully. Regards, Paul. -- From the Klingon book of C: Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters' - they have 'arguments' - and they ALWAYS WIN THEM.
On Friday 30 December 2005 11:34, David Szakovits wrote:
the bdi-4.38 install went well for me, except networking. in the past i have used the NFORCE drivers from nvidia to get the network card to work.
Thats not required. There is a working, reverse engineered, nforce2 driver for that, called 'forcedeth' in the kernel config, all you have to do it turn it on and build it.
i have downloaded the latest files from nvidia, but the when i run the NFORCE install script, it complains that it does not have a precompiled driver for my (BDI) kernel and that it cannot find the kernel source so it can compile.
i cant find the kernel source either!
i presume i will need to use anonymous cvs to download the kernel. but i am not sure where this is hosted (and what module to specify).
i am stuck for the moment, can anyone point me in the right direction.
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Hi David On Friday 30 December 2005 18:37, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Friday 30 December 2005 11:34, David Szakovits wrote:
the bdi-4.38 install went well for me, except networking. in the past i have used the NFORCE drivers from nvidia to get the network card to work.
Thats not required. There is a working, reverse engineered, nforce2 driver for that, called 'forcedeth' in the kernel config, all you have to do it turn it on and build it.
Arrrgg... Missed the fact it was NetWork drivers, not the video driver. Apologies for the Homer moment. CC=gcc-2.95 sh NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0310-pkg1.run --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12.6-rtai --kernel-output-path=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12.6-rtai compiled the nvnet.ko module for me. As Gene pointed out, there is a GPL n/w driver already in the kernel - Even better, it is already compiled as a loadable module in the 2.6.12.6-rtai package. Look for forcedeth.ko in /lib/modules/2.6.12.6-rtai/kernel/drivers/net Regards, Paul. -- From the Klingon book of C: Klingon function calls do not have 'parameters' - they have 'arguments' - and they ALWAYS WIN THEM.
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