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Old 08-21-2000, 11:07 PM   #1
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I am trying to compile new drivers for my geforce that I got from Nvidia's site. I untared them and am trying to "make", but for some reason make can't find any of the "include" files. How can I fix this?

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Old 08-22-2000, 12:02 PM   #2
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Can you give us a little more info? What error are you getting, what disto are you using, do you have the kernel headers installed, etc.
 
Old 08-22-2000, 03:24 PM   #3
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I am using RH 6.2 with kernel 2.2.16-3. I believe that I installed the kernel headers, it was one of the packages that I RPM'ed in. The error messages that I am getting is:

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linux/fs.h: no such file or directory
linux/errno.h: no such file or directory
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and so on

I found these files in /usr/src/linux2.2.16, I believe, so I am assuming that that is the reason. How can I put these files in the right place so make can find them, or what can I do to fix this problem.
 
Old 08-23-2000, 01:43 AM   #4
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Way back in the day a linux kernel would typically untar itself into a directory with a naming structure of linux-X.XX.XX within /usr/src/. Also, within this dir there would be a softlink called linux pointing to the linux-X.XX.XX directory. Now they seem to have gone back to a system where if you untar a kernel it simply untars itself to /usr/src/linux. In either case, there is always a directory (or a link) in /usr/src named linux. Is there in fact a "linux" directory within /usr/src/? I understand that you found the header files within /usr/src/linux-2.2.16 but perhaps there is no softlink called "linux" pointing to that directory? If there isn't type "ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.2.16 /usr/src/linux" which will create a file called "linux" which when cd'd to will put you in the linux-2.2.16 directory. Your other option is to actually edit the .c file which is including the header files to look in the linux-2.2.16 directory, i.e. linux-2.2.16/fs.h. Making the softlink is probably a better idea. Let us know how it goes, k? =)
 
Old 08-26-2000, 07:57 PM   #5
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Sorry it took this long to give you my results, I work alot. I had no luck in compiling anything. I made sure there was a linux directory in /usr/src, and it is linked to linux-2.2.16. I think that so I can get the drivers compiled, I am going to edit the *.c file, though I still want to figure out what the problem is. Any other ideas would be helpful. BTW, I re-installed RH6.2 and rpm'ed the new kernel in. Look at my sig for machine specs.
 
Old 08-26-2000, 08:07 PM   #6
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Did you install the nVidia kernel module first and then install the XFree module?

BTW, nice system. If you get a chance: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hp?threadid=47
 
Old 08-26-2000, 11:27 PM   #7
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got it working, thanks for the help. I edited the .c file and everything works now, X looks great. Now to get the SBLive to work, my next project. I will do the hd thing a little later on tonight and post results here. Still new to Linux so I have to revert back to windows every so often, but now that I got X running, I won't have to use Lynx, or windows any more.
 
  


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