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[Christian Boltz <opensuse@xxxxxxxxx>]

[for some reason mlmmj rejected this mail last night - trying again]
[Stefan (was in CC): thanks for the answer, I'll reply later.]

Hello,

I just updated from 11.3 to factory and wanted to compile the nvidia
drivers. However, I get (nvidia-installer.log):

ERROR: Unable to determine the version of the kernel sources located in
       '/lib/modules/2.6.37-rc7-desktop/source'.  Please make sure you have
       installed the kernel source files for your kernel and that they are
       properly configured; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you
       have the 'kernel-source' or 'kernel-devel' RPM installed.  If you know
       the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the
       kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' command line option.

Google pointed me to http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=142794
but even with the patch from there I get the same error message.

Can someone give me a hint how I can compile the nvidia driver on Factory?
(I'll also accept a link to a RPM of course ;-)


My graphics card is a GeForce 8600M GS, and the nvidia website gave me
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.36-pkg2.run for download.


BTW: I'm using a dualhead setup (laptop display + external monitor),
and the nv and nouveau drivers don't do what they should :-(
- nv only activates the external monitor, and I can't activate the laptop
  display - at least in kcontrol's monitor setup
  (Interestingly I was able to setup both screens when I booted a 11.3 
  live DVD some days ago. Not sure if it is a regression or if the 
  existence of the old xorg.conf hurts somehow)
- nouveau starts in clone mode, but hangs at logout (only SysRQ keys
  work)

(Are those issues worth bugreports, or it is already known stuff?)


Regards,

Christian Boltz
-- 
> Naja das ist hier ziehmlich OT aber ich werde
> trotzdem mal meinen Senf hinzufügen.
Senf? Beleidige nicht diese tolle Gewürzpaste, ja. ;-)
[> "mrgates" und Matthias Houdek in suse-linux]
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