NVIDIA problems

HI,

So im having problems installing nvidia drivers. Im a bit of a linux noob
but i think theres a problem with my kernel.
I was following this guide http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
nvidia-lernel-source fails to build.
AND when i do the alternative command "apt-get install nvidia-kernel-$(uname -r)" I get the error. "Couldn't find package nvidia-kernel-2.6.16-2-686"

So im stuck. I also tried the nvidia installer and it failed.

Im running debian etch which i freshly installed last night from a net install cd.

If ive left anything out let me know. And thanks in advance for any help.


Mitch

Etch is on a 2.6.17 kernel.. so I would bet if you update your kernel the driver install will work..

apt-get update
apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686

reboot after kernel is upgraded to load the new kernel, then try the driver install again.

Originally Posted by Mutch HI, So im having problems installing nvidia drivers. Im a bit of a linux noob but i think theres a problem with my kernel. I was following this guide http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers nvidia-lernel-source fails to build. AND when i do the alternative command "apt-get install nvidia-kernel-$(uname -r)" I get the error. "Couldn't find package nvidia-kernel-2.6.16-2-686" So im stuck. I also tried the nvidia installer and it failed. Im running debian etch which i freshly installed last night from a net install cd. If ive left anything out let me know. And thanks in advance for any help. Mitch

You need a line for unstable in your /etc/apt/sources.list the nvidia-kernel-source package is not in etch/testing at the moment.

Oh I guess that would be a good reason it wasn't found ehh !!
Kinda obvious I'm not running etch

Alternately I guess you could download nvidia kernel source and install it manually
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/...-kernel-source

download the file (i386 version) then install it with
dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-source_1.0.8776-1_i386.deb

Originally Posted by farslayer Oh I guess that would be a good reason it wasn't found ehh !! Kinda obvious I'm not running etch Alternately I guess you could download nvidia kernel source and install it manually http://packages.debian.org/unstable/...-kernel-source download the file (i386 version) then install it with dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-source_1.0.8776-1_i386.deb

Yeah you can do it that way but you would want the nvidia-kernel-common, nvidia-glx and possibly the nvidia-glx-dev and nvidia-settings as well.

I added sid to my sources list (I think) and it didn't change anything!

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 $


deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (2$
deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib


deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free

I then downloaded and ran "dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-source_1.0.8776-1_i386.deb"
but "m-a build nvidia" still failed!

Am i missing somethign obvious?

EDIT: I forgot to mention i did "apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686" and it made no difference

Originally Posted by Mutch I added sid to my sources list (I think) and it didn't change anything! # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 $ deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (2$ deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free

Hopefully you ran apt-get update after adding it.

I then downloaded and ran "dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-source_1.0.8776-1_i386.deb" but "m-a build nvidia" still failed! Am i missing somethign obvious? EDIT: I forgot to mention i did "apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686" and it made no difference

Have you already run the m-a prepare to get the kernel headers installed and linked properly also what was the error on the failed build? The command I use for building the module is m-a a-i -i -f -t nvidia you may want to try this as well as making sure that you have the build-essential, debhelper and dpkg-dev packages installed.

Good how-to here:
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debi...tallation.html

Had to do it today since xorg 7.1 upgrade broke mine. I used module-assistance with nvidia-kernel-source (8776) and nvidia-glx from SID. Make sure you have build-essential and your kernel headers installed too. Should work.

I did run apt-get update after the install.

I tried "m-a a-i -i -f -t nvidia" and this was the output.

Mutch:/home/mutch# m-a a-i -i -f -t nvidia
.
Updated infos about 1 packages
Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.16-2-686
Kernel headers available in /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build
apt-get-y install build-essential

Done!
download
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 153 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/1806kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 78582 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace nvidia-kernel-source 1.0.8776-1 (using .../nvidia-kernel-source_1.0.8776-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement nvidia-kernel-source ...
Setting up nvidia-kernel-source (1.0.8776-1) ...
Updating info about nvidia-kernel-source

Updated infos about 1 packages
unpack
Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz, please wait...
"/usr/share/modass/packages/default.sh" build KVERS=2.6.16-2-686 KSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build KDREV=2.6.16-18 kdist_image
/usr/bin/make  -f debian/rules clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
# select which makefile to use.
rm -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/Makefile || true
if [ 6 = 6  ]; then \
             cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv ; \
             ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile ; \
             cd .. ; \
             if [ 0  = 1 ] ; then \
                dpatch apply 04_minion ; \
             fi ; \
             if [ 0 = 1 ]; then \
                dpatch apply 01_sysfs ; \
                dpatch status 01_sysfs >patch-stamp ; \
                dpatch apply 02_pcialias ; \
                dpatch status 02_pcialias >>patch-stamp ; \
             fi ; \
        fi
if [  6 = 4  ]; then \
             cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv ; \
             ln -s Makefile.nvidia Makefile ; \
             cd .. ; \
        fi
if [ -e patch-stamp ]; then \
           dpatch deapply-all ; \
           rm -rf patch-stamp debian/patched ; \
        fi
if [ -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template ]; then \
                cp  /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control; \
        fi
dh_testroot
rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp
/usr/bin/make clean SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build -C /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv -f Makefile
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv'
rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-i2c.o nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-i2c.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 -f stprof stprof.o symtab.h
rm -f -rf .tmp_versions
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv'
rm -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/Makefile || true;
rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/gcc-check
rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/cc-sanity-check
dh_clean
rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control
rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/dirs
rm: cannot remove `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/dirs': No such file or directory
make[1]: [clean] Error 1 (ignored)
rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/override
rm: cannot remove `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/override': No such file or directory
make[1]: [clean] Error 1 (ignored)
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
echo "ROOT_CMD = "
ROOT_CMD =
/usr/bin/make  -f debian/rules binary_modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
# select which makefile to use.
rm -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/Makefile || true
if [ 6 = 6  ]; then \
             cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv ; \
             ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile ; \
             cd .. ; \
             if [ 0  = 1 ] ; then \
                dpatch apply 04_minion ; \
             fi ; \
             if [ 0 = 1 ]; then \
                dpatch apply 01_sysfs ; \
                dpatch status 01_sysfs >patch-stamp ; \
                dpatch apply 02_pcialias ; \
                dpatch status 02_pcialias >>patch-stamp ; \
             fi ; \
        fi
if [  6 = 4  ]; then \
             cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv ; \
             ln -s Makefile.nvidia Makefile ; \
             cd .. ; \
        fi
#nothing here anymore
touch configure-stamp
if [ -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template ]; then \
                cp  /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control; \
        fi
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
PATCHLEVEL = 6
Kernel compiler version : 4.0.3
Detected compiler version : /bin/sh: gcc-4.0: command not found

You appear to be compiling the NVIDIA kernel module with
a compiler different from the one that was used to compile
the running kernel. This may be perfectly alright and you
may be building this module for another kernel in which case
you may ignore this message.

The compiler that will be used to compile this module has been
determined from:
 1) the CC environment variable
 2) that specified in
    /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build/include/linux/compile.h
 3) gcc
Using compiler gcc-4.0 version /bin/sh: gcc-4.0: command not found
touch /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/gcc-check
touch /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/cc-sanity-check
## Main Make ##
IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 CC="gcc-4.0"  /usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv -f Makefile SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build   KBUILD_PARAMS="-C /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv" module;
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv'
Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support!

The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver, please
reconfigure your kernel and *disable* rivafb support, then
try installing the NVIDIA kernel module again.

*** Failed rivafb sanity check. Bailing out! ***

make[2]: *** [rivafb-sanity-check] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv'
make[1]: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
make: *** [kdist_image] Error 2
BUILD FAILED!
See /var/cache/modass/nvidia-kernel-source.buildlog.2.6.16-2-686.1162011349 for details.

Originally Posted by Mutch I did run apt-get update after the install. I tried "m-a a-i -i -f -t nvidia" and this was the output. Mutch:/home/mutch# m-a a-i -i -f -t nvidia . Updated infos about 1 packages Getting source for kernel version: 2.6.16-2-686 Kernel headers available in /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build apt-get-y install build-essential Done! download Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 153 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/1806kB of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... 78582 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace nvidia-kernel-source 1.0.8776-1 (using .../nvidia-kernel-source_1.0.8776-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement nvidia-kernel-source ... Setting up nvidia-kernel-source (1.0.8776-1) ... Updating info about nvidia-kernel-source Updated infos about 1 packages unpack Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz, please wait... "/usr/share/modass/packages/default.sh" build KVERS=2.6.16-2-686 KSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build KDREV=2.6.16-18 kdist_image /usr/bin/make -f debian/rules clean make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' # select which makefile to use. rm -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/Makefile || true if [ 6 = 6 ]; then \ cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv ; \ ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile ; \ cd .. ; \ if [ 0 = 1 ] ; then \ dpatch apply 04_minion ; \ fi ; \ if [ 0 = 1 ]; then \ dpatch apply 01_sysfs ; \ dpatch status 01_sysfs >patch-stamp ; \ dpatch apply 02_pcialias ; \ dpatch status 02_pcialias >>patch-stamp ; \ fi ; \ fi if [ 6 = 4 ]; then \ cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv ; \ ln -s Makefile.nvidia Makefile ; \ cd .. ; \ fi if [ -e patch-stamp ]; then \ dpatch deapply-all ; \ rm -rf patch-stamp debian/patched ; \ fi if [ -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template ]; then \ cp /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control; \ fi dh_testroot rm -f build-stamp configure-stamp /usr/bin/make clean SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build -C /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv -f Makefile make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv' rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-i2c.o nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-i2c.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 -f stprof stprof.o symtab.h rm -f -rf .tmp_versions make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv' rm -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/Makefile || true; rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/gcc-check rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/cc-sanity-check dh_clean rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/dirs rm: cannot remove `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/dirs': No such file or directory make[1]: [clean] Error 1 (ignored) rm /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/override rm: cannot remove `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/override': No such file or directory make[1]: [clean] Error 1 (ignored) make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' echo "ROOT_CMD = " ROOT_CMD = /usr/bin/make -f debian/rules binary_modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' # select which makefile to use. rm -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/Makefile || true if [ 6 = 6 ]; then \ cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv ; \ ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile ; \ cd .. ; \ if [ 0 = 1 ] ; then \ dpatch apply 04_minion ; \ fi ; \ if [ 0 = 1 ]; then \ dpatch apply 01_sysfs ; \ dpatch status 01_sysfs >patch-stamp ; \ dpatch apply 02_pcialias ; \ dpatch status 02_pcialias >>patch-stamp ; \ fi ; \ fi if [ 6 = 4 ]; then \ cd /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv ; \ ln -s Makefile.nvidia Makefile ; \ cd .. ; \ fi #nothing here anymore touch configure-stamp if [ -f /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template ]; then \ cp /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control.template /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/debian/control; \ fi dh_testdir dh_testroot PATCHLEVEL = 6 Kernel compiler version : 4.0.3 Detected compiler version : /bin/sh: gcc-4.0: command not found You appear to be compiling the NVIDIA kernel module with a compiler different from the one that was used to compile the running kernel. This may be perfectly alright and you may be building this module for another kernel in which case you may ignore this message. The compiler that will be used to compile this module has been determined from: 1) the CC environment variable 2) that specified in /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build/include/linux/compile.h 3) gcc Using compiler gcc-4.0 version /bin/sh: gcc-4.0: command not found touch /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/gcc-check touch /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/cc-sanity-check ## Main Make ## IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 CC="gcc-4.0" /usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv -f Makefile SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build KBUILD_PARAMS="-C /lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv" module; make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv' Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support! The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver, please reconfigure your kernel and *disable* rivafb support, then try installing the NVIDIA kernel module again. *** Failed rivafb sanity check. Bailing out! *** make[2]: *** [rivafb-sanity-check] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv' make[1]: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel' make: *** [kdist_image] Error 2 BUILD FAILED! See /var/cache/modass/nvidia-kernel-source.buildlog.2.6.16-2-686.1162011349 for details.

Looks like it could be this bug as it does not seem to finding the right compiler. Try installing the gcc-4.0 package then use export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.0 and try it again.

Edit: By use I mean type in then hit enter key the command in the terminal window/console where you are compiling then use the m-a command.

Success!!!

That worked. Thanks for your help.

Originally Posted by Mutch Success!!! That worked. Thanks for your help.

Good to hear your going to need to install the nvidia-glx and the -common now then edit the X config.

Done and dusted got it all working and configured brilliantly

Thanks again!