kernel config

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Hi,

Sorry if this topic has been covered. I’m a convert that has moved from Gentoo (too much work - though I’d love it if I had the time). I’m needing to configure the source kernel due to my nvidia graphics card. I’m wondering if there is a way to copy my current kernel configurations to the source kernel - just downloaded - so I don’t have to guess as to what to select after “make menuconfig”. Hope I am clear.

Cheers

Richard

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rkonrad wrote:
> needing to configure the source kernel due to my nvidia graphics card.
> I’m wondering if there is a way to copy my current kernel configurations
> to the source kernel - just downloaded - so I don’t have to guess as to
> what to select after “make menuconfig”. Hope I am clear.

If that is really what you want:
zcat /proc/config.gz > /usr/src/linux/.config

Good luck,
Andreas Stieger

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You should not have to config the kernel. Just install the driver. If you do it via a oneclick

NVIDIA drivers - openSUSE

Or use the hard way outlined on that page. You need to install the kernel-source and gcc

Note if you use oneclick methods you should disable any new repository after the install. (The NVIDIA repository may be an exception)

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Thanks for your help. Yes, it was simpler to do the “one click”. I have tried that before with an earlier version of suse and had no luck but this time it accepted my card with the oldest version. Thanks for the command line, specific answer to my question. I will save it for future use.

Cheers

Richard