[Nouveau] Can't "make" nouveau

[Mariane]

On Sat, June 4, 2011 9:21 pm, Emil Velikov wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:04:14 +0100, Mariane <mariane at no-log.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm not used to beta programs and it's the first time I try to compile a
>> driver, so please excuse me if I ask silly questions. I have Ubuntu
>> 10.10,
>> KDE desktop, and my nvidia card GeForce 9300 H GS seems impossible to
>> configure for 2 monitors with the current driver. xrandr commands fail.
>>
>> I was following the instructions here:
>> http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallNouveau
>>
>> What I did was:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-dbg
>> lsmod
>>   check if there are nvidia drivers listed? no
>> sudo modprobe nouveau
>> lsmod
>>   Now I can see nouveau drivers listed
>> git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/nouveau/xf86-video-nouveau/
>> cd xf86-video-nouveau/
>> ./autogen.sh
>> Problem and Solution (found on the wiki):
>>   sudo apt-get install xorg-dev
>> ./autogen.sh
>> Problem:
>>   No package 'libdrm_nouveau' found
>> Solution1: I see there is a package called libdrm-nouveau1 so I replace:
>>   #PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBDRM_NOUVEAU, libdrm_nouveau)
>> by
>>   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBDRM_NOUVEAU, libdrm-nouveau1)
>> It does not solve the problem.
>>
>> Solution2: in configure.ac I comment out:
>>   # Checks for pkg-config packages
>>   #PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBDRM_NOUVEAU, libdrm_nouveau)
>>   #PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBDRM_NOUVEAU, libdrm-nouveau1)
>>   #AC_SUBST(LIBDRM_NOUVEAU_CFLAGS)
>>   #AC_SUBST(LIBDRM_NOUVEAU_LIBS)
>>
>>   #PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XORG, [xorg-server >= 1.8] xproto fontsproto libdrm
>> xf86driproto $REQUIRED_MODULES)
>>   #PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XEXT, [xextproto >= 7.0.99.1],
>>   #		  HAVE_XEXTPROTO_71="yes"; AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XEXTPROTO_71, 1,
>> [xextproto
>> 7.1 available]),
>>   #		  HAVE_XEXTPROTO_71="no")
>>   #AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_XEXTPROTO_71, [ test "$HAVE_XEXTPROTO_71" = "yes"
>> ])
>>   #sdkdir=$(pkg-config --variable=sdkdir xorg-server)
>> This time autogen.sh finishes.
>>
>> make
>> Making all in src
>> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/alan/xf86-video-nouveau/src'
>>   CC     nouveau_exa.lo
>> gcc: @XORG_CFLAGS@: No such file or directory
>> gcc: @LIBDRM_NOUVEAU_CFLAGS@: No such file or directory
>> In file included from nv_include.h:5,
>>                  from nouveau_exa.c:23:
>> ../config.h:4: fatal error: xorg-server.h: No such file or directory
>> compilation terminated.
>> make[2]: *** [nouveau_exa.lo] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/alan/xf86-video-nouveau/src'
>> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/alan/xf86-video-nouveau'
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>
>> Solution:
>>   sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-dev
>>   xserver-xorg-dev is already the newest version.
>> So this solution fails
>>
>> What should I do next, please?
>>
>> Mariane
>>
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>>
>
> Hi Mariane,
>
> You mentioned that you cannot get your dual head to work
> I believe that it may be easier to work on that rather than
> building everything from scratch
>
> Please note that nouveau consist of four parts - kernel module,
> libdrm, ddx (X driver) and 3d component(ignored at this stage).
>
> Nevertheless, the "workarounds" you stated are not correct
>
> What you could do is
>   1. obtain everything from the xorg-edgers ppa [1] - in many
> cases the packages are quite in track of upstream
>   2. build *everything* from git
>
> If you want to build everything form git, follow these steps
>   1. git clone, compile and install the kernel(yes the whole kernel)
>   2. git clone, compile and install libdrm
>   3. git clone, compile and install ddx (xf86-nouveau-video)
>
> For correct way to configure your build take a look at the wiki [2]
> If the above sequence fails please do report a bug [3]
> in our tracker
>
> [1] https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa
> [2] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/InstallNouveau
> [3] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs
>

Thank you for both answers. I am not going to compile the kernel but ppa
sounds good.

For Younes Manton: You can read the details here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1689253
(you don't have to login if you just want to read).

Mariane