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NVIDIA video drivers for Ubuntu
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Further information can be found at http://www.nvidia.com/ -- look for
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the "Download Drivers" tab and follow links to the Linux drivers.
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This package is generated from the official NVIDIA driver
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installer that is available from the above homepage.
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Ubuntu includes support to build modules using a utility developed by
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Dell, called DKMS. It will automatically build your kernel module
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for you when you first boot into the kernel (or as necessary).
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Note: the OBSOLETE_BY line in dkms.conf specifies a kernel version
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which obsoletes the necessity for this particular DKMS module.
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For example, OBSOLETE_BY=2.6.39 will prevent DKMS from building
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modules for kernels >= 2.6.39.
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See the DKMS man page for more information.
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If you need to provide a kernel patch (say for a kernel not formally
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supported yet by NVIDIA), you can add this patch in the
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debian/dkms/patches directory and mention the patch in the
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debian/dkms.conf.in file.
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It is usually a good idea to restrict the use of a patch to certain
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kernel versions with the PATCH_MATCH[n] variable.
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See the DKMS man page for more information.
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32 bit libraries on 64 bit systems
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32 bit libraries are provided on 64 bit systems for compatibility
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The following templates are merged together into the same file on
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debian/nvidia-current.links32.in
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debian/nvidia-current.links.in
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$ld_so_conf_path lets the system know where it should look for 32
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When a new NVIDIA is available, do the following to update
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0. On your build system, make sure you have the prerequisites
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$ sudo apt-get build-dep nvidia-304
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1. Download the NVIDIA installers i.e. the .run files.
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2. dch -i to update the version in the debian/changelog so that it
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matches the new upstream version.
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Also make sure that the changelog includes both the changes you
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made (if any) to the files in debian/ changes and the changes from
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upstream (i.e. NVIDIA) which you can find in the release notes of
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3. debclean to regenerate most of the files in debian/ from their
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4. Temporarily move the debian/ directory out of the source directory
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and compress it as $SOURCE_NAME _ $NEW_VERSION . orig . tar . gz
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e.g. nvidia-graphics-drivers-304_304.64.orig.tar.gz
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5. Move the debian/ directory back to the source directory and type
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debuild -S -sa to produce a new .dsc
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6. Verify the new .dsc produces valid .debs by running it through
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pbuilder, sbuild, etc. as usual.
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7. Install and test the .debs, and then dput the .changes file
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In order to update the list of the supported X server ABIs you can
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edit the debian/substvars file.
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The NVIDIA driver may work with card ids that are not listed in their
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README file. If this is the case, there won't be a modalias for these
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cards in the driver package (this only affects driver detection in
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Jockey). If you want to make sure that such modaliases are included
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in the package, you'll have to add the card ids in uppercase(e.g. 0AFD),
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either separated by a white space or one per line, in the
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debian/additional_card_ids file.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: If any changes to files in debian/ are needed, make sure
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to discuss your changes with the maintainer (Alberto aka tseliot) before
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-- Alberto Milone <alberto.milone@canonical.com> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:36:15 +0100
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