Hi all, I'm pretty much stumped. Can't get my Christmas present to work yet... sniff, sniff, ;-) Can't get the nVIDIA driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run installed. Downloaded it from the nVIDIA site directly. Have followed instructions PAINFULLY to the letter in a mad attempt to get this thing working and have yet no success after 3 days. I just reinstalled the entire system from .iso in the last 3 days and have been recreating it from scratch for a variety of reasons, but it's pretty snappy and clean right now. Therefore I wanted to install this driver to get the new video card working fully. I had sound problems just after installing the video card, but since reinstalling everything, all that is fixed, Kaffeiene / libdvdcss2 / etc. all updated and all audio, DVD, mp3, sound, etc. working fine. well... except the slow choppy video which is the reason I pursued a new video card to start with. I'm plugged into the new vidcard now and it seems working, I do see some significant improvements, but I'm sure it's gotta be a huge difference with the right driver installed... I have -according to YaST- kernel version 2.6.8-24.10 installed now. I have purposely NOT downloaded patches to the kernel as I've heard that this can be problematic as well. I just want to take one thing at a time. But as I understand it, if I DO end up with a kernel update then I'll have to install the nVIDIA driver again too as it's tied to the kernel versions. Does that sound right? But so far I've been fiddling with this installation routine for days and I think I understand WHAT it cannot find but I don't understand HOW to make it find specifically the files it wants and that I am sure are already there in these paths: /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24.10/include/linux/ /usr/src/linux/include/linux /lib/modules/2.6.8-24.10-default/build/include/linux These are all paths were there are kernel.h files and/or linux kernel, sources, etc. Here is the error log from the failed installation process. ****************************************** nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Wed Dec 28 23:19:15 2005 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 like the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel from the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes)
No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site; this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for your kernel. -> 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.
OK OK you can't find the kernel Colonel, now how do I tell ya where it is? I'm sure its a modification of the routine I do at the command prompt to make this thing start, but no idea what the magic words are. Aren't kernel source path and kernel install path gonna be the same path name? How do I know just what path the variable is supposed to point to? What I'm doing to generate the log file is this: linux:~ # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run from a command line after I init 3 out of the gui. Anybody know how to make it find the files it wants to find when I try to run this installer routine? Oh, I'm running 9.2Professional if it matters. Thanks! Steve In a world without walls or fences, who needs Windows or Gates? Registered Linux User #287453 ---------------------------------------- '87 Street Comanche #24/100 '92 Cherokee '88 Grand Wagoneer '87 Grand Wagoneer ...and they say there's only one... --------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze
Can't get the nVIDIA driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-
Hello: Please next time try to be a little bit more compact and clearer as it is difficult to interpret what your real problem is and what system you are using. Are you running a Suse 9.2 with its default kernel or not? If yes, try to use yast to download and install the nvidia driver automatically (yast online update). If you use a custom kernel or want to build the driver yourself I would go for the newest nvidia driver 1.0-8178. pkg1.run installed. If you want to build the driver yourself download the newest driver. See above. You need to install kernel sources too.
I have -according to YaST- kernel version 2.6.8-24.10 installed snip as it's tied to the kernel versions. Does that sound right? I'm not sure but I think you have to rebuild the driver only if it was originally your own build. If you installed through yast you don't have to rebuild. snip
OK OK you can't find the kernel Colonel, now how do I tell ya where it is? I'm sure its a modification of the routine I do at the command prompt to make this thing start, but no idea what the magic words are. Aren't kernel source path and kernel install path gonna be the same path name? How do I know just what path the variable is supposed to point to? I can not interpret this part of your mail.
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On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 14:22 +0100, Istvan Gabor wrote:
Hello:
Please next time try to be a little bit more compact and clearer as it is difficult to interpret what your real problem is and what system you are using.
For anyone posting a question, please include details about your system. It does help when trying to figure out a solution for you.
OK OK you can't find the kernel Colonel, now how do I tell ya where it is? I'm sure its a modification of the routine I do at the command prompt to make this thing start, but no idea what the magic words are. Aren't kernel source path and kernel install path gonna be the same path name?
No. The kernel sources are installed in /usr/src and the running kernel that is loaded at boot time is installed in /boot.
How do I know just what path the variable is supposed to point to?
The path variable for what? What is it you are trying to do? -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
On Thursday 29 December 2005 3:41 am, Steve Lett wrote:
But as I understand it, if I DO end up with a kernel update then I'll have to install the nVIDIA driver again too as it's tied to the kernel versions. Does that sound right?
No......I updated to a new kernel via You, and my nVidia still has 3D. Course, I have one of the very few boxen in this area with SUSE 10.0 that have nVidia video that works properly. :( Either the driver is buggered or SUSE's install doesn't work properly. Fred -- Paid purchaser of ALL SuSE Linux releases since 6.x
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