Unable to install nvidia-drivers on 2.6.19-rc4-mm2

timonvo · 11-04-2006, 09:18 PM

Hi,

I'm using gentoo and emerged the latest mm patched kernel a few hours ago.
I wanted it for the acx drivers which are in the mm kernel, so I didn't have to get them from third parties.
Now, when I tried to reinstall my nvidia-drivers, they just didn't install, leaving a few undescriptive error messages in /var/log/nvidia-installer.log

NVIDIA-INSTALLER-xxx.run (I tried multiple versions: 9626 and 8774)
cat /var/log/nvidia-installer.log:

Code:

   /tmp/selfgz20902/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9626-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In funct
   ion 'nv_kern_open':
   /tmp/selfgz20902/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9626-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1845: war
   ning: passing argument 2 of 'request_irq' from incompatible pointer type
   make[4]: *** [/tmp/selfgz20902/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9626-pkg2/usr/src/nv/
   nv.o] Error 1
   make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz20902/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9626-pkg2/usr
   /src/nv] Error 2
   make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
   NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
   nvidia.ko failed to build!
   make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
   make: *** [module] Error 2
-> Error.
ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
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 dot nvidia dot com.

I'm sparing you the other stuff, thinking it's not important.

If anyone can help me out

/usr/src/linux symlink is correct btw, in case your wondering.

Thx in advance...

rylan76 · 11-08-2006, 05:51 AM

Are you running a 64 bit kernel?

Since it seems like you've got a 64 bit Nvidia driver (with Linux-x86_64) in its name...

Probably a waste of space, but if you do then disregard. If you do not (have a 64 bit kernel running) that might be the problem, i. e. you are trying to compile the 64 bit Nvidia binary driver against a 32bit kernel (IA64 driver on a IA32 kernel)...

timonvo · 11-08-2006, 09:11 AM

I'm running a 64 bit kernel with SMP. Could the problem lie at my kernel preemption configuration?

rylan76 · 11-09-2006, 12:50 AM

No, I don't think so. But it could lie with the SMP setting... on my IA32 system with a 32bit kernel, I've never been able to get the Nvidia driver working with a SMP kernel. I -have- to be in a uni-processor kernel to get my Nvidia driver up. Sure, I can compile a "apparent" SMP Nvidia driver, but it never works...

timonvo · 11-09-2006, 09:35 AM

I've compiled nvidia-drivers lots of times on a stable 64 bit SMP kernel, so that won't be the problem. Anyways it was just a try-out, so it really doesn't matter.