[Sussex] Debian and the nvidia driver!

[Steven Dobson]

John

Watch out.  Sometimes, like now I post to both the sender and the mail
list.  When using mail it is better to hit the "reply to all" button
rather than just "reply".  "Reply" should really only be used when you
want to just the send and not to everyone else involved in the e-mail
exchange.  It's a good habit to get into because it works both exchanges
with a single person or with a group.

When I rule the Net all MUA will only have on reply button and that will
reply to ALL.  If you don't what to e-mail everyone on the orginal
distrobution list then you will have to edit the "To:" and "CC:" headers
by hand.

On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 02:32 +0100, John D. wrote:
> On Saturday 19 August 2006 20:12, Steven Dobson wrote:
> <snip>
> > > No, it hasn't. If I look, I can see it there "plain as day" (as is the

> I just checked through konqueror again about this, and if I follow it all the 
> way through, and then try to "click" the 
> lib/modules/2.6.17-2-686/build/include/linux/kernel.h I receive an error 
> message that this is either missing or no longer exists (sorry I presumed it 
> was there because the folder is still there).
<snip>
> So, I'm now presuming that I have to sort this "kernel.h" problem as that 
> might be what seems to be causing all of the possible remedies to fail (and 
> yes I've tried lots - about all of the different ones that I can find on the 
> net).

I agree with you.

> the modules-assistant facility says about looking at the helper log (presuming 
> the modules-assistant helper log) which I can't find or the error is not 
> letting me look at this.

Don't know about that.

> Erm, I've also just double checked the lib/modules/2.6.17-2-686/build which 
> seems to be present i.e. it's a folder that has 5 other folders within it, so 
> the "incorrect path" error - I don't understand or know what it might be 
> incorrect.

Okay build exits, but what is it?  On my system is is a symbolic link to
where the headers really live.  I have a difference here, I have a lot
more in the place build points to.  However, the header file exists and
is also a symbolic link but that file exists too:

   $ cd /lib/modules/2.6.17-2-amd64
   $ ls -l build
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Aug 19 19:10 build
                           -> /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2-amd64
   $ ls -lL build
   total 332
   -rw-r--r--  1 root root  44721 Aug 11 19:44 Makefile
   -rw-r--r--  1 root root 267554 Aug 11 20:03 Module.symvers
   drwxr-xr-x  3 root root     19 Aug 19 19:10 arch
   drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     57 Aug 19 19:09 block
   drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     35 Aug 19 19:09 crypto
   drwxr-xr-x 58 root root   4096 Aug 19 19:09 drivers
   drwxr-xr-x 60 root root   4096 Aug 19 19:09 fs
   drwxr-xr-x  7 root root   4096 Aug 19 19:10 include
   drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     35 Aug 19 19:09 init
   drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     21 Aug 19 19:09 ipc
   drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     82 Aug 19 19:09 kernel
   drwxr-xr-x  5 root root    112 Aug 19 19:09 lib
   drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     35 Aug 19 19:09 mm
   drwxr-xr-x 36 root root   4096 Aug 19 19:09 net
   drwxr-xr-x  6 root root   4096 Aug 19 19:09 scripts
   drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     60 Aug 19 19:09 security
   drwxr-xr-x 16 root root   4096 Aug 19 19:09 sound
   drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     35 Aug 19 19:09 usr
   $ ls -l include/linux/kernel.h
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 54 Aug 19 19:10 include/linux/kernel.h    
            -> ../../../linux-headers-2.6.17-2/include/linux/kernel.h
   $ ls -lL include/linux/kernel.h
   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9954 Jun 18 02:49 include/linux/kernel.h
   $

NOTE: This is the output from my system which is running a AMD64 kernel.
The first command for you will be:
   $ cd /lib/modules/2.6.17-2-686

But the rest should work the same and give the same result.

Steve
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