I'm building a custom 3.2.2 kernel for Slack 13.37, but can't figure out how to enable the option to select the nouveau video driver.

I like to run a config which is as skinny as possible, so I usually disable everything and cherry pick the minimum number of items needed to get my hardware to work.

The docs say that nouveau needs PCI and DRM, so I have both of these selected, but I still have no option to select the nouveau driver. It simply isn't appearing in the list of drivers to choose from (in 'menuconfig').

What else do I need to add to have it appear?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but it has been 4 years since I last compiled a kernel - version 2.6.22.18!

I usually use 'make menuconfig' as well...

Go to 'Device Drivers' -> 'Graphics Support'
Enable 'Direct rendering manager' and 'Support for frame buffer devices'
Enter 'Support for frame buffer devices'
Enable 'nVidia Framebuffer Support'
Exit to 'Device Drivers'
Enable 'Staging drivers'
Enter 'Staging drivers'
Enable 'Nouveau (nVidia) cards'


Hope this helps!

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Under Staging drivers! I wasn't looking there. Thanks!

Wow, I don't know how you success to end with a workable kernel with this method

I usually take the stock config and disable some features, compile install reboot, then disable more features, compile install reboot etc

To be fair, it has taken me 5 attempts so far. Apparently there was a lot I'd forgotten, and many things have changed since Slackware 12.0.

eg: xorg requires the evdev driver now. Who knew?

make localmodconfig might be very helpful when you make custom kernels

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Pappy's kernel seeds are also good (minimal kernel configs, just add what you need)
http://kernel-seeds.org/

Is this the same guy?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post3022830

If it is him, then I recall something about him not even being able to configure HAL properly (and whinging loudly about it) a few years back. A quick search turned this up:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ml#post3021643

Thanks, but no thanks.

Anyhow, I have it working now. It took a few goes but we got there.

Probably

Understandable

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