I have an nvidia Geforce FX ive followed all the driver installation instrusctions i have been given yet my computer still dosnt show the nvidia logo when i run "startx" and it says my glx extention is missing when i try to run "glxgears" but ive gone through my xorg.conf file and made sure it was there and uncommented. This is frusterating

if anyone is exprienced with Slackware plz help

If anyone can help me im all ears(or eyes)

I have the same problem.

I have searched all of the relevant literature and forums, but nothing has fixed my problem so far.

Recently I reinstalled Slackware 10.1, then recompiled to 2.6.10 (a couple of times....)

I haven't been able to successfully load X (gnome) with the 'nvidia' driver in my xorg.conf
when I startx, it wont load and tells me no screens found and ultimately no devices found

Below I am pasting my (NONfunctional) xorg.conf file....

(BTW, when I ran xorgconf I guessed at some parameters.....)

***BEGIN xorg.conf (nonfunctional)***

# File generated by xorgconfig.

#
# Copyright 2004 The X.Org Foundation
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# The X.Org Foundation BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of The X.Org Foundation shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from
# The X.Org Foundation.
#

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf(5x) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
Load "type1"
# Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"

# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
# Load "dri"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
#

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"

# The module search path. The default path is shown here.

# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

# Option "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

# Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

# Option "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.

# Option "Dont Zoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.

# Option "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"

# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
# Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"

# These are the default XKB settings for Xorg
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""

# Option "XkbDisable"

Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "dell"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.

# Option "Resolution" "256"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

# Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Other input device sections
# this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices. This is for example only. Refer
# to the xorg.conf man page for a description of the options.
# **********************************************************************
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Mouse2"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "MouseMan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/mouse2"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball"
# Driver "magellan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball2"
# Driver "spaceorb"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen0"
# Driver "microtouch"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "1412"
# Option "MaxX" "15184"
# Option "MinY" "15372"
# Option "MaxY" "1230"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen1"
# Driver "elo2300"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "231"
# Option "MaxX" "3868"
# Option "MinY" "3858"
# Option "MaxY" "272"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "My Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

HorizSync 31.5 - 82.0

# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

VertRefresh 50-70

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

# Standard VGA Device:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"

# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.

# Chipset "generic"

# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.

Driver "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# intalled.

# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"

# VideoRam 256

# Clocks 25.2 28.3

EndSection

# Device configured by xorgconfig:

Section "Device"
Identifier "** NVIDIA (generic) [nv]"
Driver "nvidia"
#VideoRam 32768
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "** NVIDIA (generic) [nv]"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Simple Layout"

# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.

Screen "Screen 1"

# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

# Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
# EndSection

***END xorg.conf (nonfunctional)***


Any suggestions?

Thanks!

d.

i dont use slackware so i might be way off base here, but when i installed the nvidia drivers i found that the system was not loading the nvidia module at startup, what i had to do was add "nvidia" to /etc/modprobe.preload so that the module would load, then everything was fine and the splash screen came up when X loaded. hope this helps, good luck.

Well,

I don't have /etc/modprobe.preload.

The output from ls /etc/mod* is the following

/etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modules.conf

Any other suggestions?

thx

d

dropwise,
run "modinfo nvidia" and post the output here.
your xorg.conf contains two video device entries??! your first "vga" may be loading instead of "nvidia"
try commenting the first one.

malacus,
post your xorg.conf file here.

It would seem that the nvidia module is not loaded.
modinfo nvidia returns : modinfo: could not find module nvidia

I'm not too sure why. I got the installation to work properly....

I commented out the first (VGA) device and no surprise it still does not work (which I am guessing has to do with the module loading).

Any clues as to how I can get the module to load?

thanks

d

there are a couple of distos where the nvidia installer is unable to start the module automatically at boot time, mandrake is one of them and slack could be too. what you have to do is tell linux to load that module manually. i have no idea how to do it on slackware, but you might get more helpful responses in the slackware forum on this site. a temporary solution would be to load the module by hand by typing "modprobe nvidia" at a terminal and then "startx", as long as your xorg.conf has been edited properly it should work, this is what i did before i learned to edit my modprobe.preload.

well, i've been trying a few things and haven't been successful yet.

when modprobe nvidia i return:

FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.10/video/nvidia.ko): No such device

I'm kind of stuck as to what to do..... it is as though the module doesn't exist.(?)..

***EDIT***
I thought i'd post the dmesg after running modprobe nvidia:

nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!



any other suggestions.....????

d

I have somewhat of the same issue. I did everything all the tutorials I read said to do however I keep getting problems. For example by changing nv to nvidia my monitor literally turns off on my laptop. Also I don't have xorg.conf ... my equivelant is XF86Config-4 ... Does anybody have any ideas with a mandrake 10 distro using an nvidia geforce2go graphics card?

-thanks
theMayor

theMayor,
don't worry we will get your nvidia driver working.

dropwise,
now you have to start the installation from the scratch, rigght now I'm in a place with a lousy net, I'll get back to you after 4/5 hours.
for now ready these things,
latest nvidia linux driver from nvidias homepage
make sure you kernel source packages are installed

c ya later.

i have downloaded the latest nvidia driver, and i'm pretty sure that I have the kernel source installed. I am wondering how I confirm that I do, though....


what is next, I have tried installing with

sh NVIDI* -k=2.6.10
and
sh NVIDI* --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10/
and they both seem to install correctly until the end
when it returns

Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This is most likely because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel source files.
Then it suggests to try using --kernel-source-path (which I did....)

the output of /var/log/nvidia-installer.log is below:

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Mon Apr 4 15:20:35 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 : false
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 : /usr/src/linux-2.6.10/
kernel output 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.
-> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 1.0-
7174). As part of installing this driver (version: 1.0-7174), the existing
driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will a
bort installation) (Answer: Yes)
-> 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: No)
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means
that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.
-> Using the kernel source path '/usr/src/linux-2.6.10/' as specified by the
'--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux-2.6.10/'
-> Performing CC test with CC="cc".
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv.o nv-vm.o os-
agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nvidia.mod.o
rm -f -f build-in.o nv-linux.o *.d .*.{cmd,flags}
rm -f -f nvidia.{o,ko,mod.{o,c}} nv_compiler.h *~
rm -f -rf .tmp_versions
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10/ SYSOU
T=/usr/src/linux-2.6.10/'...

NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.10/ SUBDIRS=/tmp/selfgz10
134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv modules
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_ver
sions
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-717
4-pkg1/usr/src/nv
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > /tmp/selfgz10134/NV
IDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv_compiler.h
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.nv.
o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Wstrict-pr
ototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -O2 -fomit-fram
e-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -Iin
clude/asm-i386/mach-default -I/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pk
g1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscr
ipts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno-common -
MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cas
t-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM -D_GNU
_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -D
NV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=7174 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64
_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM -DN
V_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEV
ICE_PRESENT -DNV_CLASS_SIMPLE_CREATE_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRESENT -DNV
_VMAP_4_PRESENT -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=nv -DKBUILD_MODNAME=nvidia -c -o
/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o /tmp/selfgz1
0134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:18,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:46,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function `prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type `void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:837,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:69,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:242: warning: wrong type argument to increment
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.nv-
vm.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Wstrict
-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -O2 -fomit-f
rame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -
Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -I/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174
-pkg1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type
-Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-mul
tichar -Werror -O -fno-common -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-erro
r -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE
_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION
=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=7174 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X8
6 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANG
E_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEVICE_PRESENT -DNV
_CLASS_SIMPLE_CREATE_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRESENT -DNV_VMAP_4_PRESENT
-DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=nv_vm -DKBUILD_MODNAME=nvidia -c -o /tmp/selfgz10
134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-vm.o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDI
A-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-vm.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:18,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:46,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-vm.c:14:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function `prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type `void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:837,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:69,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-vm.c:14:
include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:242: warning: wrong type argument to increment
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.os-
agp.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Wstric
t-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -O2 -fomit-
frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-sta
ck-boundary=2 -march=i686 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -I/tmp/selfgz10
134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type
-Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-mult
ichar -Werror -O -fno-common -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error
-D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_K
ERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0
-DNV_PATCHLEVEL=7174 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86
-UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PR
ESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEVICE_PRESENT -DNV_CLA
SS_SIMPLE_CREATE_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRESENT -DNV_VMAP_4_PRESENT -DM
ODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=os_agp -DKBUILD_MODNAME=nvidia -c -o /tmp/selfgz1013
4/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-agp.o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA
-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-agp.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:18,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:46,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/os-agp.c:24:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function `prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type `void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:837,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:69,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/os-agp.c:24:
include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:242: warning: wrong type argument to increment
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.os-
interface.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -
Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -O2 -
fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=
i686 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -I/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1
.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wc
har-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fn
o-common -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAME
S -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERN
EL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=717
4 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -UDEBUG -U_DEBU
G -DNDEBUG -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_
PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEVICE_PRESENT -DNV_CLASS_SIMPLE_CREATE_P
RESENT -DNV_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRESENT -DNV_VMAP_4_PRESENT -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BAS
ENAME=os_interface -DKBUILD_MODNAME=nvidia -c -o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Lin
ux-
x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-interface.o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x8
6-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:18,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:46,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/os-interface.c:26:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function `prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type `void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:837,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:69,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/os-interface.c:26:
include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:242: warning: wrong type argument to increment
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.os-
registry.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -W
strict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -O2 -f
omit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i
686 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -I/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.
0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wch
ar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno
-common -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
-D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL
__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=7174
-DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -
DNDEBUG -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAG
E_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEVI
CE_PRESENT -DNV_CLASS_SIMPLE_CREATE_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRESENT -DNV_
VMAP_4_PRESENT -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=os_registry -DKBUILD_MODNAME=nvid
ia -c -o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-regis
try.o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-registry
.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:18,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:46,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/os-registry.c:14:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function `prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type `void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:837,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:69,
from /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv/os-registry.c:14:
include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:242: warning: wrong type argument to increment
ld -m elf_i386 -r -o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/
src/nv/nvidia.o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/n
v-kernel.o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o /
tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv-vm.o /tmp/selfg
z10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-agp.o /tmp/selfgz10134/N
VIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-interface.o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVI
DIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/os-registry.o
Building modules, stage 2.
make -rR -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.10/scripts/Makefile.modpost
scripts/mod/modpost -i /usr/src/linux-2.6.10/Module.symvers vmlinux /tmp
/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nvidia.o
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.nvi
dia.mod.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Ws
trict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -O2 -fo
mit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i6
86 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -DKBUILD_BASENAME=nvidia -DKBUILD_MO
DNAME=nvidia -DMODULE -c -o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/
usr/src/nv/nvidia.mod.o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/
src/nv/nvidia.mod.c
ld -m elf_i386 -r -o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/s
rc/nv/nvidia.ko /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/n
vidia.o /tmp/selfgz10134/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nvidia.mo
d.o
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
-> done.
-> Kernel module compilation complete.
ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. 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: insmod: error inserting './usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko':
-1 No such device
-> Kernel messages:
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e006 <keycode>' to make it known.
atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x86 on
isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e006 <keycode>' to make it known.
atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x86 on
isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e006 <keycode>' to make it known.
atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x86 on
isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e006 <keycode>' to make it known.
atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x86 on
isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e006 <keycode>' to make it known.
atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x86 on
isa0060/serio0).
atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e006 <keycode>' to make it known.
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!
NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!
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.

*********************************************8

Now the

-> Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting './usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko':
-1 No such device

is the same error i get when i try to load the module manually using insmod.

I really don't know what to do at this point...

Thanks in advance for the help.....


d.

are you sure your kernel source matches your running kernel?

yep. uname -a returns:
Linux dopamine 2.6.10 #1 Sat Apr 2 02:12:25 MST 2005 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

did any warnings pop up during the driver install, saying something like "your kernel has been compiled with support for XYZ which will conflict with the nvidia module"?