NVIDIA driver install

gabebster · 07-30-2004, 12:03 AM

I'm using SuSE 9.1 pro with 2.6.7 kernel compiled by me and i get this error trying to install the nvidia drivers.

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Mon Jul 26 20:11:14 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 : (not specified)
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: No)
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means
that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.
-> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux'
-> Performing cc_version_check with CC="cc".
ERROR: Unable to determine the NVIDIA kernel module filename.
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.

thanks
gabebster

Electro · 07-30-2004, 12:14 AM

In linux you have to read between the lines of the error. Your problem is pretty simple. You just need to make a symbolic link to the directory where your kernel source code is hiding.

Do you know where place the kernel source code?

After you know, just make a symbolic link. The command is "ln". You man if you do not know how to make a symbolic link.

gabebster · 07-30-2004, 12:29 AM

My 2.6.7 kernel sources are in /usr/src/linux. i moved them there yesterday to see if that would work it didn't.

320mb · 07-30-2004, 12:42 AM

what Electro means is ........since most people change kernels like they change their clothes.............
the /usr/src/ directory can have 3,4 different kernels.............but each
one is named by it's version #...........linux-2.24 or linux-2.64
so if yours is named by its version just symlink it.............
linux > linux-2.67

gabebster · 07-30-2004, 12:48 AM

I know that there is a number of diferrent kernels in /usr/src/. I have 2 in in there and the 2.6.7 is in /usr/src/linux. But I still get that error trying to install the nvidia drivers.

Electro · 07-30-2004, 04:56 PM

I looked in the nVidia's readme files. This is what it said

Quote:

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-xxxx-pkg1.run --kernel-name='KERNEL_NAME'

Where 'KERNEL_NAME' is what `uname -r` would report if the target
kernel were running.

Check in the readme for more options.

gabebster · 07-30-2004, 05:36 PM

thanks i got it figured out.