Installing nvidia drivers, *** Failed rivafb sanity check. Bailing out! ***

vwr0527 · 06-08-2007, 07:05 PM

Hey guys. I have a Geforce440MX and i'm trying to install the nvidia drivers the DEBIAN WAY (woooooow).

some info:
Distro is Debian (etch)
Kernel:2.6.18-4-686

I'm trying to get the nvidia drivers to work, since the automatic installer doesn't do jack nor sh.t. Anyway, after downloading nvidia-kernel-source version 1.0.8776-4, and then installing my linux-headers or whatever thier called,
I'm following these directions from /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian, and i get to to the part where it says

Code:

blah blah...
5. Then build nvidia-kernel package:

   cd <YOUR BUILD LOCATION>/modules/nvidia-kernel
   debian/rules binary_modules

Then I go to a root terminal, and do that. DUN DUN DUUH

Code:

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv'
Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support!

The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver, please
reconfigure your kernel and *disable* rivafb support, then
try installing the NVIDIA kernel module again.

*** Failed rivafb sanity check. Bailing out! ***

echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`gcc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > nv_compiler.h
gcc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wpare ntheses -Wpointer-arith  -Wno-multichar  -Werror -O -fno-common -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG  -DNDEBUG -MD -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -DNVRM -DDYNAMI C_SLI  -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=8776  -DNV_CHAN GE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT  -I. -I/usr/src/linux-headrs-2.6.18-4-686/include -Wsign-co mpare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error nv.c
In file included from /usr/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls64.h:5,
                 from /usr/include/asm-i486/bitops.h:408,
                 from /usr/include/asm/bitops.h:8,
                 from /usr/include/linux/bitops.h:9,
                 from /usr/include/linux/kernel.h:15,
                 from nv-linux.h:50,
                 from nv.c:14:
/usr/include/asm-generic/bitops/fls.h:13: error: redefinition of ‘fls’

...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~HOLY CRAP MORE THAN 25000 LINES OF ERRORS~~~~~~~~~~
...

nv.c:3300: error: ‘CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET’ undeclared (first use in this function)
nv.c: In function ‘nv_agp_init’:
nv.c:3714: error: too few arguments to function ‘agp_backend_acquire’
nv.c:3716: error: too few arguments to function ‘agp_backend_release’
nv.c: In function ‘nvos_count_devices’:
nv.c:3825: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
nv.c:3831: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
nv.c:3834: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
nv.c:3840: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[1]: *** [nv.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv'
make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
victor:/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel#

what now?

pljvaldez · 06-08-2007, 07:18 PM

Did you try doing it the "other" Debian way, using module-assistant? http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers

vwr0527 · 06-08-2007, 07:27 PM

Yurp.
Tried that too. Didn't work.

EDIT: I got it to work, after about 4 weeks. Just remember, follow the instructions in the description box in synaptic for nvidia-kernel-source package, and in the end of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf add this block

Code:

Section "Extensions"
	Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection

Tomermory · 06-15-2007, 06:04 AM

Here is a page that I found very useful. Perhaps you could check it out:

http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Libraries