here is the full log.....
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nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sat Nov 22 15:44:50 2003
option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
no precompiled interface: false
no ncurses color : false
query latest driver ver : false
OpenGL header files : false
no questions : false
silent : false
XFree86 install prefix : /usr/X11R6
OpenGL install prefix : /usr
Installer install prefix: /usr
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp site :
ftp://download.nvidia.com
Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li
ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f
rom the NVIDIA ftp site (
ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes)
-> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site;
this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for
your kernel.
-> Kernel include path: '/usr/src/linux/include'
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
rm -f nv.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-linux.o nv_compiler.h *
.d NVdriver nvidia.o
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make nvidia.o SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/linux/include
'...
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > nv_compiler.h
cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wp
arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wno-multichar -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ -
DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D_
_KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVE
L=4496 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PA
GE_RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wno-cast-qual nv.c
cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wp
arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wno-multichar -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ -
DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D_
_KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVE
L=4496 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PA
GE_RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wno-cast-qual os-agp.c
cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wp
arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wno-multichar -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ -
DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D_
_KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVE
L=4496 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PA
GE_RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wno-cast-qual os-interface.c
os-interface.c:729: warning: `wb_list' defined but not used
cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wp
arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wno-multichar -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ -
DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D_
_KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVE
L=4496 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PA
GE_RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wno-cast-qual os-registry.c
ld -r -o nv-linux.o nv.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o
ld -r -o nvidia.o nv-linux.o nv-kernel.o
-> done.
-> Kernel module compilation complete.
ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.o'. This is most likely
because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel header files.
Please make sure you have installed the kernel header files for your
kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the
'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel header
files are installed, you may specify the kernel include path with the
'--kernel-include-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel module load error: ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol
__get_free_pages_Rsmp_4784e424
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_read_config_byte_Rsmp_3ccefab4
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol free_irq_Rsmp_f20dabd8
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol create_proc_entry_Rsmp_92a27ea8
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_find_device_Rsmp_c584f4e3
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol strncpy_from_user_Rsmp_24428be5
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol smp_call_function_Rsmp_0014bfd1
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol boot_cpu_data_Rsmp_0657d037
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol securebits_Rsmp_abe77484
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol del_timer_Rsmp_fc62f16d
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol
__global_restore_flags_Rsmp_54dd1dcb
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol mod_timer_Rsmp_1f13d309
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol iounmap_Rsmp_5fb196d4
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol
inter_module_get_request_Rsmp_b69f826b
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol remove_proc_entry_Rsmp_f633c778
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol
__generic_copy_to_user_Rsmp_d523fdd3
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_write_config_byte_Rsmp_364fc2a2
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __pollwait_Rsmp_573950bb
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol unregister_chrdev_Rsmp_c192d491
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol irq_stat_Rsmp_e224e01b
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __vmalloc_Rsmp_79995c5b
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol change_page_attr_Rsmp_30122a8c
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_read_config_dword_Rsmp_0bf170e2
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __global_cli_Rsmp_64576b05
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol sprintf_Rsmp_1d26aa98
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol
pci_write_config_dword_Rsmp_77f7f940
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol schedule_timeout_Rsmp_17d59d01
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_write_config_word_Rsmp_f23d8795
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __ioremap_Rsmp_9eac042a
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_find_class_Rsmp_643cfa42
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pm_register_Rsmp_027ebe5e
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __wake_up_Rsmp_127fda83
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol printk_Rsmp_1b7d4074
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol kfree_Rsmp_037a0cba
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol tq_immediate_Rsmp_0da0dcd1
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol inter_module_get_Rsmp_f6a0ce24
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol remap_page_range_Rsmp_69d01e73
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol init_mm_Rsmp_ba6750fc
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __global_save_flags_Rsmp_5d902e96
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol tqueue_lock_Rsmp_b7a0c0b5
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol vsprintf_Rsmp_954cbb26
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol free_pages_Rsmp_9941ccb8
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol kill_proc_Rsmp_932da67e
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol vfree_Rsmp_2fd1d81c
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol inter_module_put_Rsmp_6b99f7d8
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_find_slot_Rsmp_391edc78
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol kmalloc_Rsmp_93d4cfe6
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol proc_root_driver_Rsmp_f4485f28
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol smp_num_cpus_Rsmp_3b86334d
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __const_udelay_Rsmp_eae3dfd6
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __udelay_Rsmp_9e7d6bd0
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pm_unregister_Rsmp_94097bd6
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol high_memory_Rsmp_8a7d1c31
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol register_chrdev_Rsmp_d08c1abe
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol
__generic_copy_from_user_Rsmp_116166aa
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol jiffies_Rsmp_0da02d67
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_read_config_word_Rsmp_923654cb
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol request_irq_Rsmp_0c60f2e0
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol bh_task_vec_Rsmp_284177b8
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol do_gettimeofday_Rsmp_72270e35
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol mem_map_Rsmp_d5b93995
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __tasklet_hi_schedule_Rsmp_60ea5fe7
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o:
Hint: You are trying to load a module without a GPL compatible license
and it has unresolved symbols. The module may be trying to access
GPLONLY symbols but the problem is more likely to be a coding or
user error. Contact the module supplier for assistance, only they
can help you.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at
www.nvidia.com.