Try using the drivers right from Nvidia- they are very simple to use.  
Basicly, there are 2 parts- the X drivers and the kernel modules.  You need 
to make sure you have the kernel module running before X can start- to check, 
try "lsmod" and see if NVDriver is listed. If its not, try "insmod NVDriver" 
and if the package has been installed correctly, it will load (perhaps with a 
warning about a license taint- but no errors anyway).  You need to install 
the kernel driver for each kernel you install.

Jay

On Friday 12 April 2002 10:31 pm, you wrote:
> I've got a new box I'm trying to get set up.
>
> It's got an NVIDIA TNT2 Model 64 w/ 32MB RAM.  I found what look to be
> a set of source-code packages for apt for it.  Unfortunately, when I
> try to install them, they say something about 'nvidia-kernel
> required'.  I've _got_ nvidia-kernel-src_1.0.2802-1_i386.deb and
> nvidia-glx-src_1.0.2802-1_i386.deb.
>
> I've poked and prodded, and currently have the following in /usr/src:
>
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     src       1525481 Apr  5 06:49
> NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2802.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x    3 root     src          4096 Mar 
> 8 01:55 modules
> drwxr-xr-x    4 root     src          4096 Apr  7 21:46 nvidia-glx-1.0.2802
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     src         29086 Apr  7 21:47
> nvidia-glx-dev_1.0.2802-1_i386.deb -rw-r--r--    1 root     src          
> 298 Apr  7 21:45 nvidia-glx_1.0.2802-1.dsc -rw-r--r--    1 root     src    
>      4860 Apr  7 21:45 nvidia-glx_1.0.2802-1.tar.gz -rw-r--r--    1 root   
>  src           866 Apr  7 21:47 nvidia-glx_1.0.2802-1_i386.changes
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     src       1474214 Apr  7 21:47
> nvidia-glx_1.0.2802-1_i386.deb -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        30720
> Mar  8 01:55 nvidia-kernel-src.tar
>
> It _looks_ like modules contains contains the nvidia-kernel stuff -
> but I can't get it to install, and can't find a hint as to how I _get_
> it to install!  nvidia-glx had something that I found that I could get
> to start installing it, and then it died.
>
> Anyone installed these?  Any hints?