FC4 - Fail to install nVidia driver

Man...I wouldn't being saying that your a RHCT too loudly then. Perhaps they should take away your 'DRIVER" license. This is a VERY simple fix and the driver works great (OpenGL and all!!).

Don't shoot me NVIDIA if I get some part of this wrong.
For some time now, NVIDIA has been using a simplified driver installation. In so much as they don't have to keep making up new packages for each Linux distribution that comes along. Therefore in order to compile this driver for your version of Linux the kernel drivers (found in the development packages) are necessary. You can use your favorite method of getting the package (apt, yum, up2date etc) but you need to make sure you get the one (and only one) for the kernel you are running.

Verify your kernel with uname -a and your package should be similar.
Output:
uname -a
Linux [machinename] 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 .........

you would then get kerenel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.ix86.rpm

for example.


-Good Luck

Look at 6/19/2005 ..... macarthor did a rpm -qa | grep kernel and found that the package is already installed. Building the package is not the problem. Please refer to the thread i posted earlier.

Hi. Not sure if this will help but I've got SElinux set to 'warn' (did it in the install to see what would happen) and the nvidia driver installs and works fine for me so maybe the post about disabling it is on the right track.

I'm only mentioning it because this is the 2nd time I've installed FC4 and the 1st time I tried SElinux was enabled and all I got was an nvidia splash screen followed by the FC boot screen and nothing but a blank screen after that.

OK, here is my 2 cents,

remove the current exisiting nvidia.ko

install the (3) Nvidia packages from livna

reboot

all should be well.

If you cant find livna Google <Livna rpm>

Keep us posted, also, if anything for DVD support and NVIDIA driver support it may be a good idea to add an entry to you yum RPMs for livna.

If it works dont forget to say thanks.

G,Day there Mcarthor, im sorry 4 my late reply as I forgot my post I posted inregards to installing Automatically using "yum" or even Synaptic & Smart Package Manager, My favourite is Smart, which still isnt fully commited to Fedora4 just yet but is perfect for Fedora3,but you can modify Repos with the Fedora4 version, .as it also has a big load of repos that are already installed along with it when Smart is installed which saves having to search for the repos. AnyWay my advice is to just use yum for moment & use the "search" function on this forum using the term "repositories" or "yum repositories" & add the ones you can find for Fedora4 to your /etc/yum/sources.list .make sure you can find the livna repo & then maybe Dries,Dag etc to add and then look for the "livna glx" package and install it along with whatever dependencies it wants automatically without having to search for them . I give this example as I am now mainly using Smart Package Manager & Synaptic instead of yum, so I cant show you my Sources.list. If you have already done all this somehow before I wrote this then maybe it will be usefull for other Newbies, AnyWay my point is if you can add the right repos "Livna" etc & then install "nvidia glx" etc using YUM then all should be well , it takes al;ot of hassles out when done using YUM etc I found anyway. You could also just google using the term " yum repositories " or " Fedora4 yum repositories" ect.

Originally posted by macarthor hi all, i've installed Fedora Core 4 on my box which has a Geforce2 MMX 400 card. now i have nVidia 7664 driver also. i invoke this command: ./NVIDIA-7664-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel and no error occurs. then i run ./NVIDIA-7664-pkg1-custom.run and it gives error which is detailed in /var/log/nvidia-install.log it seems that the installer cannot insmod nVidia's driver module, and that the error relates to gcc-4.0 and 4K stack, but i don't know what to do. plz help me... thx nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Sun Jun 19 21:53:51 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 : /usr/src/kernels 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. -> A precompiled kernel interface for kernel 'Linux 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 #1 Thu Jun 2 22:55:56 EDT 2005 i686' has been found here: ./usr/src/nv/precompiled/precompiled-nv-linux.o-1.0-7664.1119188878. executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; /usr/bin/ld -d -r -o nvidia.ko precompiled-nv-l inux.o nv-kernel.o'... -> Kernel module linked successfully. 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 Invalid module format -> Kernel messages: Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c03e6820(lo) IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). lp0: console ready eth0: no IPv6 routers present nvidia: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted. nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0' 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.

Here's what works for me:
0) Check on the Nvidia website if there is a newer run package than
the one you may have downloaded. If there is, download it and use it
as the run file in section 3 instead.

1) As root, modify the /boot/grub/grub.conf such that the timeout is
10 to give you time to modify the command line

2) restart the computer. When the timeout for the kernel selection
starts, hit any key to stop the timer, then "a" and add a " 3
selinux=0" (this tells the computer to disable the X server). Hit
return.

3) Login as root and type
"./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-*.run"

4) Hit "Yes" or "Ok" for everything

5) Modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf as follows (only the "dri", "nvidia" and
"GeForce 2" lines are changed):
___________________________________________________________________________
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
# Load "dri"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
EndSection
_____________________________________________________________

6) Change /boot/grub/grub.conf so that the timeout is 0 (I hate
waiting ).

7) type "reboot". YOU MAY HAVE TO REBOOT TWICE BECAUSE OF SELINUX
WEIRDNESS

8) You're done.

I have a Best Data Arcade FX GeForce 2 MX 400 and runs at 4x on the
AGP port.

Good luck!

after all my own headaches,i found the best Nvidia help to be in the Nvidia read me file.i had nothing but headaches to install my 3d drivers,and then followed Nvidia's instructions and had it working fine.it seems to me,the help here was over complicated(just like linux) and un necessary.
follow Nvidia's explicit instructions,and see how that goes.if I can do it,anyone can!!!***
wanted to add,i had to fix libs issues i did not know about--ie which libs i neded,so i installed EVERYTHING so when the installer re complied it had everything it needed.
if i knew more about the libs,and how to determine what i do and dont need,i would have only installed exactly what i needed.**** good luck !!!
scott