custom kernel - nvidia does not want to install

[raffytaffy]

installed custom kernel 2.6.20.3 and want to install nvidia driver. however i get error and im told to view the install log. i have attachted it. i cant make heads or tails of it. any help is appreciated.

[dibl]

Re: custom kernel - nvidia does not want to install

I don't know about custom kernels, but to install the Nvidia driver on Feisty (GeF 7900 GS), I follow "Method 2" on this guide:

http://albertomilone.com/latest_nvidia_udsf_edgy.html

HTH

[raffytaffy]

Re: custom kernel - nvidia does not want to install

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential gcc gcc-3.4 xserver-xorg-dev

dosent find them in apt-get ( the headers )

this is how basically i attempt -

stop gdm
run installer
installer gives error ( the log shows it)
start gdm

tried method 2...did not work.

[dibl]

Re: custom kernel - nvidia does not want to install

I'm not a custom kernel builder, so I don't have experience with that, but your screen shot does not show that there is a /arch/i386 sub-directory in your linux-2.6.20.3 directory. That seems to be where the copy routine is coming up empty. Does the appropriate Nvidia driver installation routine work correctly with your other Linux kernels -- I see you have others including the current Feisty? If so, there must be something amiss with this particular custom kernel.

Sorry I can't be more incisive with the help ... :P

[DaMoGan]

Re: custom kernel - nvidia does not want to install


Hmmm, try the advice in this post and let us know what happens...

http://www.mail-archive.com/gobolinu.../msg01219.html

Cheers

[raffytaffy]

Re: custom kernel - nvidia does not want to install

Hmmm, try the advice in this post and let us know what happens...

http://www.mail-archive.com/gobolinu.../msg01219.html

Cheers

how did u ever find that!!! it worked OMG!!! im soooo thankfull...how in the world did you find that answer btw? did u come across similar problem?

[DaMoGan]

Re: custom kernel - nvidia does not want to install


Well, it was because of my deep knowledge of the Linux kernel, resulting from years of working to understand every line of its code...



Ok, really, I just looked at the log message you posted, (ignoring the intermediate errors, which were a red herring) and noticed that the last error message was:

FATAL: modpost: GPL-incompatible module nvidia.ko uses GPL-only symbol 'paravirt_ops'. ... nvidia.ko failed to build!

From there it was just a matter of googling!

At any rate, glad I was able to help! I think you're the first person I was really able to help here on the forums, since I started hanging out, trying to contribute by looking for questions I could answer.