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= How to make your own nvidia-glx with the latest NVIDIA drivers =

||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;">'''Contents'''[[BR]][[TableOfContents(1)]]||

= Introduction =
This page details how to make your own '''nvidia-glx''' integrated to the linux-restricted-modules package.

= Setting up repositories =

Add this source entry into your '''/etc/apt/sources.list'''
{{{
deb-src http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy main restricted universe multiverse
}}}

= Getting the source =

Then cd to a directory where you want do to the compiling and get the source by issuing this commmand
{{{
apt-get source nvidia-glx
}}}

Now let's satisfy the build dependencies (If you're building with pbuilder you can skip this step)
{{{
sudo apt-get build-dep nvidia-glx
}}}

= Download the driver packages =

You need both of these packages for the linux-restricted-modules:

[http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9742/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9742-pkg1.run NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9742-pkg1.run]
[http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/1.0-9742/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9742-pkg2.run NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9742-pkg2.run]

= Exchanging files from the archive =

Open ''linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17_2.6.17.6.orig.tar.gz'' in e.g. file-roller.
Go to /linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-2.6.17.6.orig/nvidia/ (in fileroller) and delete the old (8776) driver, which you want to replace, still leaving the nvidia legacy drivers intact. After this, add the files you downloaded [ ''NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9742-pkg1.run NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9742-pkg2.run'' ] to the archive.

= Editing the .diff file =

Extract ''linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17_2.6.17.6-1.1.diff.gz'' and open the .diff file in your favorite text editor.

~+1.+~ Find and replace all instances of '''8776''' with '''9742''' (The 8776 in the changelog section you can leave unchanged.)

~+2.+~ Find and replace:
{{{
$(nv_dirname)/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
}}}
''with''
{{{
$(nv_dirname)/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
}}}
~+3.+~ Find:
{{{
+linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 (2.6.17.6-1.1) edgy-security; urgency=low
}}}
Add this section '''above''' that line (to bump the version number and update the changelog):
{{{
+linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 (2.6.17.6-1.2) edgy-security; urgency=low
+
+ * Updated the NVIDIA driver to version 9742.
+
+ -- Christoffer Karvonen <mail@yourhost.com> Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:46:43 +0200
+
}}}
~+4.+~ As we have added six (6) lines to the file, the above line must be altered from:
{{{
@@ -0,0 +1,1319 @@
}}}
''to''
{{{
@@ -0,0 +1,1325 @@
}}}
You can of course replace my name and email with your own.

'''Save''' the file. Then rename the file to ''linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17_2.6.17.6-1.2.diff'' and '''gzip''' it.

= Making some final changes (the .dsc file) =

Edit ''linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17_2.6.17.6-1.1.dsc'', again, open it with your favorite text editor.

~+1.+~ Find and replace:
{{{
Version: 2.6.17.6-1.1
}}}
''with''
{{{
Version: 2.6.17.6-1.2
}}}
~+2.+~ Replace:
{{{
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17_2.6.17.6-1.1.diff.gz
}}}
''with''
{{{
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17_2.6.17.6-1.2.diff.gz
}}}

Now we need to replace the MD5SUM's and sizes in the .dsc with new one's. Commands to do this are:
{{{ md5sum <filename>
ls -lh <filename> }}}

Be sure you get the MD5SUM's (and sizes) of the correct files; ''linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17_2.6.17.6.orig.tar.gz'' and ''linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17_2.6.17.6-1.2.diff.gz''

Rename the .dsc file
{{{
mv linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17_2.6.17.6-1.1.dsc linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17_2.6.17.6-1.2.dsc
}}}

= Building it =

=== To build with pbuilder: ===

{{{
sudo pbuilder build linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17_2.6.17.6-1.1.dsc
}}}

=== To build without it: ===

Extract the source with
{{{
dpkg-source -x <filename>.dsc
}}}
Change to the directory it was extracted to and run
{{{
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
}}}

It takes a while to compile, but hopefully finishes ;)

Enjoy your brand new l-r-m and nvidia-glx debs!		 -- xopher [[DateTime(2006-11-20T02:30:14Z)]]

BuildYourOwnNvidiaGlx

-- xopher DateTime(2006-11-20T02:30:14Z)

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