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I just compiled a new 2.6.26.5 kernel and seems to be working fine with the exception of the framebuffer. I changed the lilo.conf to VGA to get it to boot.
i2c_core: Unknown symbol __i2c_board_list
i2c_core: Unknown symbol __i2c_first_dynamic_bus_num
i2c_core: Unknown symbol __i2c_board_lock
i2c_algo_bit: Unknown symbol i2c_add_numbered_adapter
i2c_algo_bit: Unknown symbol i2c_add_adapter
fb_ddc: Unknown symbol i2c_transfer
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol unregister_framebuffer
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_videomode_to_var
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_validate_mode
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_ddc_read
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol i2c_bit_add_bus
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol cfb_copyarea
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_pad_aligned_buffer
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol framebuffer_alloc
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_find_best_mode
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_destroy_modedb
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_edid_to_monspecs
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_get_mode
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_videomode_to_modelist
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_find_mode
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol i2c_del_adapter
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_var_to_videomode
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol register_framebuffer
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_alloc_cmap
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol cfb_imageblit
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_set_suspend
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_firmware_edid
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_get_color_depth
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol cfb_fillrect
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_parse_edid
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol fb_find_best_display
nvidiafb: Unknown symbol framebuffer_release
I tried to modprobe it and I get:
Quote:
WARNING: Error inserting i2c_core (/lib/modules/2.6.26.5/kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting i2c_algo_bit (/lib/modules/2.6.26.5/kernel/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
WARNING: Error inserting fb_ddc (/lib/modules/2.6.26.5/kernel/drivers/video/fb_ddc.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
FATAL: Error inserting nvidiafb (/lib/modules/2.6.26.5/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidiafb.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
You need to recompile the nvidia proprietary drivers after each kernel upgrade. Did you do this? (If not, just run the install program again)
Woops, should have paid more attention. Bruce is correct -- if you use the nvidia proprietary drivers, nvidiafb conflicts with them and must NOT be loaded. If you compiled nvidiafb INTO your kernel (which I suspect you did), you may have problems. I would suggest either excluding it entirely or at least making it a module.
With 2.6 kernels it's "make" and "make modules_install". But you still
need to copy your new bzImage to your /boot directory. Anything
that you built-in will not show up in lsmod. You can always grep
your config to check for support:
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