Nvidia 8178 errors

xaos5 · 12-27-2005, 06:24 AM

I am trying to install the lastest drivers from nvidia and can't seem to get it working. I have the kernel source but its giving me an error:

Code:

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Tue Dec 27 07:11:59 2005

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     : true
  no questions            : false
  silent                  : false
  no backup               : false
  kernel module only      : false
  sanity                  : false
  add this kernel         : false
  no runlevel check       : false
  no network              : false
  no ABI note             : false
  no RPMs                 : false
  force tls               : (not specified)
  force compat32 tls      : (not specified)
  X install prefix        : /usr/X11R6
  OpenGL install prefix   : /usr
  compat32 install prefix : (not specified)
  installer install prefix: /usr
  utility install prefix  : /usr
  kernel name             : (not specified)
  kernel include path     : (not specified)
  kernel source path      : (not specified)
  kernel output path      : (not specified)
  kernel install path     : (not specified)
  kernel install path     : (not specified)
  proc mount point        : /proc
  ui                      : (not specified)
  tmpdir                  : /tmp
  ftp mirror              : ftp://download.nvidia.com
  RPM file list           : (not specified)

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.
-> Performing CC test with CC="cc".
ERROR: The kernel header file '/usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h' does not
       exist.  The most likely reason for this is that the kernel source files
       in '/usr/src/linux' have not been configured.
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.

I shouldn't need the source files to install this? Is there something I missed?

Xian · 12-27-2005, 09:32 AM

What kernel are you running? Precompiled or your own?
If precompiled are the kernel headers installed?

xaos5 · 12-27-2005, 06:02 PM

I just installed a daily build of debian etch.

Code:

david@debian:~$ uname -a
Linux debian 2.6.12-1-k7 #1 Tue Sep 27 13:22:07 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

I'm guessing its precompiled because I didn't touch it, also I believe the kernel headers are installed I just can't seem to find it anymore. I modified my source.list to try and get more stuff. The only thing I have are kernel 2.4.x headers.

Code:

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20051212)]/ etch contrib main

deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ testing main non-free
deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ testing main

deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main

deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing contrib main non-free
#extra

deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main

Xian · 12-27-2005, 06:10 PM

First, you don't need the kernel source to install nVidia drivers unless you have compiled the kernel yourself. You obviously are using a precompiled Debian kernel, and since this is the case you only need to be sure you install the matching header package.

Issue the command below and try the process again.

# apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

xaos5 · 12-27-2005, 06:23 PM

ok found linux-header-2.6-k7 and the nvidia installer went fine.

I have one problem though. Opengl directrendering fails in cedega. In gentoo there was an extra command to do after installing their nvidia-glx package. Maybe something like this for debian also?

Xian · 12-27-2005, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xaos5

Opengl directrendering fails in cedega. In gentoo there was an extra command to do after installing their nvidia-glx package. Maybe something like this for debian also?

Opengl-update is run in Gentoo so that the X Server will use the nVidia GLX libraries. Basically, opengl-update lets you switch between the default OpenGL libraries and the custom Nvidia libraries. But Gentoo doesn't use the nVidia source in the same manner so I'm not clear as to why a similar step would be necessary in Debian. I would think that the custom nVidia driver installation would perform this step by default. Although, unlike Gentoo you can not switch back with a single command.

xaos5 · 12-27-2005, 09:34 PM

not a big problem cedega is running counter-strike fine, something with my sound is messed up though, just gonna mess with that later.