Just fwiw, I've used both 180.51 and 185.18.14 on Slackware64 -current.
Code:
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Fri Jun 12 11:44:56 2009
installer version: 1.0.7
option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
precompiled interfaces : true
no ncurses color : false
query latest version : false
OpenGL header files : true
no questions : false
silent : false
no recursion : 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
no kernel module : false
force SELinux : default
no X server check : false
no cc version check : false
force tls : (not specified)
force compat32 tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : (not specified)
X library install path : (not specified)
X module install path : (not specified)
OpenGL install prefix : (not specified)
OpenGL install libdir : (not specified)
compat32 install chroot : (not specified)
compat32 install prefix : (not specified)
compat32 install libdir : (not specified)
utility install prefix : (not specified)
utility install libdir : (not specified)
doc install prefix : (not specified)
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
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.
-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 185.18.14.
-> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 180.
51). As part of installing this driver (version: 185.18.14), the existing d
river will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will ab
ort installation) (Answer: Yes)
-> 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.
-> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc".
-> Performing CC version check with CC="cc".
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.29.4/source'
-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/2.6.29.4/build'
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing nvidiafb check.
-> Performing Xen check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
-> Building kernel module:
<snip>
-> Uninstallation of existing driver: NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for
Linux-x86_64 (180.51) is complete.
-> Searching for conflicting X files:
-> done.
-> Searching for conflicting OpenGL files:
-> done.
-> Installing 'NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64'
(185.18.14):
executing: '/sbin/ldconfig'...
executing: '/sbin/depmod -aq'...
-> done.
-> Driver file installation is complete.
-> Running post-install sanity check:
-> done.
-> Post-install sanity check passed.
-> Shared memory test passed.
-> Running runtime sanity check:
WARNING: Unable to perform the runtime configuration check for library
'libGL.so.1' ('/usr/lib/libGL.so.185.18.14'); assuming successful
installation.
-> done.
-> Runtime sanity check passed.
-> Would you like to run the nvidia-xconfig utility to automatically update you
r X configuration file so that the NVIDIA X driver will be used when you res
tart X? Any pre-existing X configuration file will be backed up. (Answer: N
o)
-> Installation of the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64
(version: 185.18.14) is now complete. Please update your XF86Config or
xorg.conf file as appropriate; see the file
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt for details
on Slackware64 -current (Thu Jun 11 13:57:36 CDT 2009). And I am running
the generic kernel:
Code:
bruce@jeremiah:~$ uname -a
Linux jeremiah 2.6.29.4 #2 SMP Fri May 29 13:11:21 CDT 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linu
Code:
bruce@jeremiah:~$ ls -l /boot/
total 12018
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2009-06-07 05:23 README.initrd -> /usr/doc/mkinitrd-1.3.4/README.initrd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2009-06-08 05:38 System.map -> System.map-generic-2.6.29.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1291214 2009-05-30 02:11 System.map-generic-2.6.29.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1882035 2009-05-30 02:57 System.map-huge-2.6.29.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2009-06-07 05:33 boot.0800
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2009-06-07 05:33 boot.0810
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 2009-06-07 05:32 boot_message.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2009-06-08 05:37 config -> config-generic-2.6.29.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90664 2009-05-30 02:11 config-generic-2.6.29.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90703 2009-05-30 02:57 config-huge-2.6.29.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5040 2009-02-27 19:49 diag1.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17932 2009-02-27 19:49 diag2.img
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 1024 2009-06-08 05:40 initrd-tree/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1141687 2009-06-08 05:40 initrd.gz
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 2009-06-07 05:21 lost+found/
-rw------- 1 root root 36864 2009-06-13 15:11 map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17318 2008-12-09 08:56 slack.bmp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2009-06-08 05:37 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-generic-2.6.29.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2623840 2009-05-30 02:11 vmlinuz-generic-2.6.29.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5030496 2009-05-30 02:57 vmlinuz-huge-2.6.29.4
Are you certain everything is the same on your system?
Sorry I can't help with your problem except to post my logs.
Have you tried to install NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.51-pkg2.run?