I found some earlier threads on this topic but nothing there really helped me - so I am hoping somebody will be able to help me out:

Have Red Hat 5, running server on a Laptop and want to install the correct driver for Linux -

HW: Quadro FX 570M
driver: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.53-pkg1.run

I go [ctrl - alt - F1] and input [init 3] to stop the xserver, then run the install by entering [sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.53-pkg1.run]

it executes, give me an error in the end, the log file is below
ANY help is appreciated!!

Victor

================================================================

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> Tagging shared libraries with chcon -t textrel_shlib_t.
-> License accepted.
-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 190.53.
-> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc".
-> Performing CC version check with CC="cc".
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.18-164.11.1.el5PAE/source'
-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/2.6.18-164.11.1.el5PAE/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:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.18-164.11.1
.el5PAE/source SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.18-164.11.1.el5PAE/build'...
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/2.6.18-164.11.1.el5PAE/build KBUILD_VE
RBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.11.1.el5PAE/source SUBDIRS=/tmp/selfgz906
5/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.53-pkg1/usr/src/nv modules
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.11.1.el5PAE/build \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-164.11.1.el5-i686 \
KBUILD_EXTMOD="/tmp/selfgz9065/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.53-pkg1/usr/src/nv" -f
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-164.11.1.el5-i686/Makefile modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are mis
sing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it
."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz9065/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.53-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_versio
ns
rm -f /tmp/selfgz9065/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.53-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_versions/
*
===============================================================

install or update kernel-devel

or use the driver in the red hat software repo.You did pay for access to it right? and for access to the software updates?

then install the nvidia driver

Thanks for the responses - appreciate it!

Troop:
The kernel-devel tells me it is installed at the latest level ... I checked that before I posted. I hope I checked correctly, can youtell me what to do to make sure?

JohnVV
The nvidia libraries are installed, but it makes no difference. The generic nv driver by Red Hat has no graphic acceleration modules so the display performance is awful and trying to show any kind of video on it is bad as it drops frames all the time.

Anybody have an idea what I can do now?

I think I might have a clue what is going on: when I go to /usr/src/kernels I have two kernel folders there - could that have something to do with that?

2.6.18-164.11.1.el5-i686
2.6.18-164.11.1.el5-PAE-i686

could that be confusing the system somehow?

you have BOTH installed

2.6.18-164.11.1.el5-i686
2.6.18-164.11.1.el5-PAE-i686

pick one
If tou have MORE than 4 gigs of ram use the PAE
if less that 4 gig's of ram use 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5-i686

and REMOVE the other one
then CLEAN the yum and rpm cache and rerum "yum update"

Thanks for the post, I kind of figured that out yesterday and went ahead - made some errors doing it and destroyed Grub in the process ... had to then fix that and ended up scrapping the whole machine (it was a test install anyway) and am setting up new - I will take care to only have ONE kernel this time and hope hat this will keep this issue from arising the future!!

Should I run into the same problem, I will re-open this thread then - thanks for the advice!