How to build nVidia 96.x drivers with Slackware current on very old laptop?
by Ook from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5B2FY)
I loaded up slackware current on an old Toshiba Satellite laptop. It has a GeForce 420 MX aka 420 go video chipset. Is there any (easy-ish) way to get the old nVidia 96.x driver set to compile with the kernel shipping with Slackware current? Or is it just to old and I might as well stick with the nouvea driver?
ERROR: The kernel header file '/lib/modules/5.4.80-smp/build/include/linux/version.h' does not exist. The most likely reason for this is that the kernel source files in '/lib/modules/5.4.80-smp/build' have not been configured.
I saw this a few years ago when the kernel architecture changed such that these old drivers would no longer compile.
ERROR: The kernel header file '/lib/modules/5.4.80-smp/build/include/linux/version.h' does not exist. The most likely reason for this is that the kernel source files in '/lib/modules/5.4.80-smp/build' have not been configured.
I saw this a few years ago when the kernel architecture changed such that these old drivers would no longer compile.