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Minimum Software Requirements</h2> </div> </div> </div> <p></p> <div class="informaltable"> <table summary="(no summary available)" border="0"> <colgroup> <col> <col> <col></colgroup> <thead> <tr> <th>Software Element</th> <th>Min Requirement</th> <th>Check With...</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Linux kernel</td> <td>2.4.7</td> <td><strong class="userinput"><code>cat /proc/version</code></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>XFree86/X.Org</td> <td>4.0.1/6.7</td> <td><strong class="userinput"><code>XFree86 -version/Xorg -version</code></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kernel modutils</td> <td>2.1.121</td> <td><strong class="userinput"><code>insmod -v</code></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p></p> <p>If you need to build the NVIDIA kernel module:</p> <div class="informaltable"> <table summary="(no summary available)" border="0"> <colgroup> <col> <col> <col></colgroup> <thead> <tr> <th>Software Element</th> <th>Min Requirement</th> <th>Check With...</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>binutils</td> <td>2.9.5</td> <td><strong class="userinput"><code>size --version</code></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>GNU make</td> <td>3.77</td> <td><strong class="userinput"><code>make --version</code></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>gcc</td> <td>2.91.66</td> <td><strong class="userinput"><code>gcc --version</code></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>glibc</td> <td>2.0</td> <td><strong class="userinput"><code>ls /lib/libc.so.* > 6</code></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p></p> <p>If you build from source RPMs:</p> <div class="informaltable"> <table summary="(no summary available)" border="0"> <colgroup> <col> <col></colgroup> <thead> <tr> <th>Required Software Element</th> <th>Check With...</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>spec-helper rpm</td> <td><strong class="userinput"><code>rpm -qi spec-helper</code></strong></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p></p> <p>All official stable kernel releases from 2.4.0 and up are supported; "prerelease" versions such as "2.4.3-pre2" are not supported, nor are development series kernels such as 2.3.x or 2.5.x. The Linux kernel can be downloaded from <a href= "http://www.kernel.org" target="_top">http://www.kernel.org</a> or one of its mirrors.</p> <p>binutils and gcc can be retrieved from <a href= "http://www.gnu.org" target="_top">http://www.gnu.org</a> or one of its mirrors.</p> <p>If you are using XFree86, but do not have a file <code class= "filename">/var/log/XFree86.0.log</code>, then you probably have a 3.x version of XFree86 and must upgrade.</p> <p>If you are setting up XFree86 4.x for the first time, it is often easier to begin with one of the open source drivers that ships with XFree86 (either "nv", "vga" or "vesa"). Once XFree86 is operating properly with the open source driver, you may then switch to the NVIDIA driver.</p> <p>Note that newer NVIDIA GPUs may not work with older versions of the "nv" driver shipped with XFree86. For example, the "nv" driver that shipped with XFree86 version 4.0.1 did not recognize the GeForce2 family and the Quadro2 MXR GPUs. This was fixed in XFree86 version 4.0.2. XFree86 can be retrieved from <a href= "http://www.xfree86.org" target= "_top">http://www.xfree86.org</a>.</p> <p>These software packages may also be available through your Linux distributor.</p> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href= "chapter-01.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href= "part-01.html">Up</a></td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href= "chapter-03.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"> Chapter 1. Introduction </td> <td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href= "index.html">Home</a></td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 3. Selecting and Downloading the NVIDIA Packages for Your System</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>
