[plug] Xinerama on Debian

[Randal Adamson]

On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 11:14 +0930, Onno Benschop wrote:
> Randal Adamson wrote:
> 
> > However, I seem to be getting stuck on part 5 - it throws the error in 
> > the attached text file (nvidia-kernel.txt).
> >
> >Just not sure what to do now :(
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Ranz
> >
> I'd be having a look at module-assistant.
> 
> Basically the process is to make sure that you have the same headers 
> available as the currently running kernel.
> 
>     * module-assistant prepare
>     * module-assistant build {module}
>     * module-assistant install {module}
> 
> That pretty much takes care of it. (And it's the Debian way :)
> 
> I'd do an RTFM before I typed any of those commands, but that's 
> basically the deal.
> 
> Ever since I found that, nothing is a challenge any more :)
> 

RE: modules-assistant (m-a)

OK That's right - I did try this - and this is what it gave me:

---[ SNIP ]---

Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support!

The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver, please
reconfigure your kernel and *disable* rivafb support, then
try installing the NVIDIA kernel module again.

*** Failed rivafb sanity check. Bailing out! ***

make[2]: *** [rivafb-sanity-check] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv'
make[1]: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
make: *** [kdist_image] Error 2
BUILD FAILED!

---[ END SNIP ]---

Would I be right in saying that I'm going to have to redo my kernel
without RivaFB support?

If so, I can't do this either - as make-kpkg fails when trying to build
a new kernel :(