Hi guys,

so far I have managed to fix every problem I came across with my new 2.6.17 kernel, however when I try to install nvidia drivers, they won't compile. Here's the log:

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sun Jul 30 03:54:39 2006

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

Has anyone come across this???

many thanks!!!

AndDid you install the 2.6.17 sources in /usr/src/ and symlink linux to it?

Hi, yes i've done that. It doesn't work!!!

thanks

Have you installed kernel-headers too?
Did you paste the content of /var/log/nvidia-installer.log log file?
Also, check with uname if you're running the correct kernel, maybe you forgot to update lilo.

sorry if I sound a bit thick but I am a newb. What are the kernel headers and how do you install them??? I have compiled my kernel from scratch using a 2.6.7 kernel and updated it to 2.6.17!!
I did update lilo and I run the correct kernel though...

thanks

Have you got the latest driver from nvidia?
Reason I ask is that recently, (when 2.6.16 came out) I could not get NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run
to work without patching it. The latest version, NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8762-pkg1.run worked 'out of the box'.

tobyl

Hi,

it might not look like it but your post has actually helped me a lot....
I was downloading the driver following a link from the "this how I do it all" thread. The link was pointing to the 1.0-5336 driver which is actually a driver for IA64, and I have IA32
So that might be the problem .... I hope. I'll keep posted and cross my fingers!!!

Thanks

yes it worked, the driver installed itself!!! Had to recompile the kernel and stuff but it worked!!!