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| author | Darxus <darxus@chaosreigns.com> | 2011-02-17 12:53:55 -0500 |
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| committer | Kristian Høgsberg <krh@bitplanet.net> | 2011-02-17 13:24:22 -0500 |
| commit | a7b8eb451792f34cd84b00f7f35e28969e9e892b (patch) | |
| tree | af2bdf65b2b9c99381c83ff7391ab0509b4b36b8 | |
| parent | 48ee61e31940686e25a22e0bd8e5a78da828e9f3 (diff) | |
Build instructions: Add Nouveau kernel build instructions
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diff --git a/building.html b/building.html index f1a9ab8..f974270 100644 --- a/building.html +++ b/building.html @@ -199,5 +199,27 @@ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose WAYLAND_DEBUG=1 </pre> +<h2>Nouveau Kernel</h2> + +<p>To use DRM output with nVidia, you need to build a kernel from the +Nouveau kernel git repository:<br> +(<a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/linux-2.6/commit/?id=8e645575d469bf08c9d5d98a101ef4cfce6a9180">required commit</a>) +</p> + +<pre> $ git clone --depth 1 git://anongit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/linux-2.6 + $ cd linux-2.6 + $ cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config # use .config of currently running kernel + $ yes "" | make oldconfig # use defaults for new options + $ make clean && make && make modules && sudo make modules_install && sudo make install + $ mkinitramfs -o initrd.img `make kernelversion`+ + $ sudo mv initrd.img /boot/initrd.img-`make kernelversion`+ + $ sudo update-grub +</pre> + +<p>To uninstall a kernel installed this way:</p> + +<pre> $ sudo rm /boot/initrd.img-`make kernelversion`+ /lib/modules/`make kernelversion`+ + $ sudo update-grub +</pre> </body> </html> |