nvidia driver won't compile

AlleyTrotter · 12-27-2008, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by allend

One other possible problem is that if you compile a kernel and then run 'make clean", you will remove the /usr/src/linux/kernel/bounds.s file. It seems that the nVidia installer needs this file. This file can be regenerated by running 'make vmlinux' to build the bare kernel.

I was having this problem on 2.6.28 that NVIDIA would not compile
And thanks to allend i found the 'make clean' to be the problem

tanks allend

henkees · 12-28-2008, 06:00 AM

With the SlackBuilds I got the same errors as mentioned in my first post of this topic. With the patch the kernel module is build, but then comes the error message: nvidia.ko unable to build.
I tried also the make oldconfig && make prepare; same problem.
I replaced my backup of the kernel sources and /lib/modules and did NOT make clean before or after compiling the kernel and installed the new kernel (smp). After reboot with the new kernel I tried to install the nvidia driver (177.82) without any patch, and ... it worked directly!

I tried it again with the original kernel sources and did a make clean after compiling and installing the kernel, and then -after booting this kernel- the nvidia driver won't compile any more. So indeed, the make clean is making it too clean maybe

MannyNix · 12-28-2008, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by henkees

...then comes the error message: nvidia.ko unable to build.

Could you post relevant parts of your /var/log/nvidia-installer.log after the error? Please use

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to do this.

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Originally Posted by henkees

...did a make clean after compiling and installing the kernel, and then -after booting this kernel- the nvidia driver won't compile any more. So indeed, the make clean is making it too clean maybe

LFS and /usr/src/linux/README recommend:

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Make sure you have no stale .o files and dependencies lying around:
cd linux
make mrproper

You should now have the sources correctly installed.

henkees · 01-10-2009, 01:20 PM

I don't have that log-file anymore from the nvidia-installer.

You are right about make mrproper and clean; but when I do that, I can't compile the nvidia-driver anymore.
When I want to recompile the kernel, I use always the original unmodified sources. Normally I do a make mrproper an clean, but with this kernel it's not working good in my case.
Now my X-server is working, and there are no error-messages in the nvidia-installer log, so for me it's solved.

On this forum you can find more people with exactly the same problem: when they do a make mrproper or make clean; then the nvidia-driver won't compile; and when they don't clean: it works...

Reasa · 01-12-2009, 02:50 PM

I have this problem. I compiled the kernel with make, make modules, make modules_install (2.6.8). Is that wrong? The symling /usr/scr/linux points to /usr/src/linux-2.6.8

henkees · 01-19-2009, 03:01 PM

So far I know, it depends on your system specifications; some people don't have any problems with the nvidiadriver after they "make clean" (after the kernel compilation and kernel install), but some have... I really have no idea when it goes wrong or when it doesn't.

You can try to do a "make clean" after you compiled and installed the kernel, and then have a look if your nvidiadriver will compile or not. When it doesn't compile, probably you have to start over again with the original kernel sources; compile these and install the kernel without doing "make clean" afterwards.
You can also try if the slackbuilds for the nvidiadriver will do the trick. In my case the only solution was: no make clean.