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Old 01-18-2002, 11:01 AM   #1
therion12
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Error when installing NVIDIA Kernel tarball


When i try to make the tar package i get this:

depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4/chinese/encode-big5.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4/chinese/encode-gb.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4/chinese/encode-gbk.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4/chinese/encode-jis.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4/chinese/encode-kscm.o
 
Old 01-18-2002, 02:29 PM   #2
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Dangit, is there any Distribution that i can install once and not have to worry about? This is my 10th time installing i think and i'm getting pretty pissed.
 
Old 01-19-2002, 02:08 AM   #3
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Try doing "depmod -ae" as root and then try the nvidia tarball again.
 
  


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