my /var/log entry verbetim
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Tue Mar 30 17:57:42 2004
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 source path : /usr/src/linux
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)
ERROR: Unable to connect to download.nvidia.com (temporary DNS error (try again
later))
-> 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.
-> Using the kernel source path '/usr/src/linux' as specified by the
'--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux'
-> Performing cc_version_check with CC="/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc".
-> 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 module SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux'...
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\"
> nv_compiler.h
/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat
-Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O
-MD -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOS
E_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSIO
N=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X
86 -DREMAP_PAGE_RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wno-cast-qual -W
no-error nv.c
/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat
-Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O
-MD -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOS
E_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSIO
N=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X
86 -DREMAP_PAGE_RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wno-cast-qual -W
no-er
ror os-agp.c
/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat
-Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O
-MD -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOS
E_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSIO
N=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X
86 -DREMAP_PAGE_RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wno-cast-qual -W
no-error os-interface.c
/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat
-Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O
-MD -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOS
E_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSIO
N=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X
86 -DREMAP_PAGE_RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wno-cast-qual -W
no-error 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 source files.
Please make sure you have installed the kernel source 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 source
files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the
'--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel module load error: ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol
securebits
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_write_config_byte
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol devfs_unregister_chrdev
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol remap_page_range
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol proc_root_driver
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol _mmx_memcpy
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol schedule_timeout
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol devfs_register
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pm_unregister
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __wake_up
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol mtrr_add
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __generic_copy_from_user
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __udelay
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol vsprintf
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol inter_module_get_request
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol kmalloc
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_find_class
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __tasklet_schedule
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol create_proc_entry
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_read_config_byte
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol inter_module_put
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __get_free_pages
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol vfree
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol boot_cpu_data
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol free_irq
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol inter_module_get
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol high_memory
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol kill_proc
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol strncpy_from_user
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_read_config_dword
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol devfs_unregister
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol iounmap
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol change_page_attr
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol free_pages
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __ioremap
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_read_config_word
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol do_gettimeofday
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol mtrr_del
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol del_timer
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pm_register
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol mod_timer
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __pollwait
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol kfree
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol remove_proc_entry
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_find_slot
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol request_irq
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol devfs_register_chrdev
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_write_config_dword
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_find_device
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol mem_map
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol pci_write_config_word
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol sprintf
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol init_mm
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol jiffies
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __vmalloc
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol printk
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol irq_stat
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __const_udelay
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol __generic_copy_to_user
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o:
Hint: You are trying to load a module without a GPL compatible license
and it has unresolved symbols. 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.