8600GT installation problem on SuSE 10.3..................HELP..DEsp...

[xtrememenace]

hi there... well im a newbie...
currently i installed SuSE 10.3 with kernel version:2.6.22.5-31
and dlded the nvidia driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2.run...
and wen i install it after init3 i get an error that "No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel"
and wen it tries to build 1; it fails...... as stated frm the log file-

this is the nvidia-installer.log:
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nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sun Nov 18 01:43:02 2007

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 : true
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
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.
-> 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: Yes)
ERROR: Unable to connect to download.nvidia.com (unknown host)
-> 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.
-> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc".
-> Performing CC version check with CC="cc".
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/source'
-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/build'
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing nvidiafb check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-i2c.o nv.o nv
-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-i2c.o nvidia.mod.o
rm -f -f build-in.o nv-linux.o *.d .*.{cmd,flags}
rm -f -f nvidia.{o,ko,mod.{o,c}} nv_compiler.h *~
rm -f -f stprof stprof.o symtab.h
rm -f -rf .tmp_versions
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-def
ault/source SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/build'...

NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/build KBUILD_VERBO
SE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/source SUBDIRS=/tmp/selfgz6270/NVID
IA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv modules
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.5-31-default/build \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31 \
KBUILD_EXTMOD="/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv
" -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/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/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.tmp_v
ersions
rm -f /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.tmp_vers
ions/*
make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz627
0/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > /tmp/selfgz6270/NVI
DIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv_compiler.h
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.n
v.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.2.1/include -D_
_KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Iinclude2 -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include -include
include/linux/autoconf.h -I/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pk
g2/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -Werror-impli
cit-function-declaration -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Os -mtune=generic
-m64 -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous
-unwind-tables -funit-at-a-time -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -macc
umulate-outgoing-args -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -fomi
t-frame-pointer -fno-stack-protector -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-poin
ter-sign -I/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv -Wa
ll -W
implicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wp
ointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno-common -mno-red-zone -minline-al
l-stringops -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAM
ES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -mcmodel=kernel -DNTRM -DNVRM -DDYNAMIC_SLI -DNV_MA
JOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=8774 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DN
DEBUG -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM -DNV_MULTIPLE_BRIDGE_AGPGART_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_
GET_CLASS_PRESENT -DNV_SYSCTL_MAX_MAP_COUNT_PRESENT -DNV_PM_MESSAGE_T_PRESEN
T -DNV_PCI_CHOOSE_STATE_PRESENT -DNV_VM_INSERT_PAGE_PRESENT -DNV_REMAP_PFN_R
ANGE_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_VMAP_4_PRESENT -DMODULE -D"K
BUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUIL
D_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/s
rc/nv/.tmp_nv.o /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv
/nv.c
In file included from /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/
src/nv/nv.c:14:
/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:17:2
6: error: linux/config.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/sched.h:55,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/
src/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
from /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/
src/nv/nv.c:14:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/nodemask.h: In function ‘__first_
node’:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/nodemask.h:229: warning: signed and
unsigned type in conditional expression
/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/nodemask.h: In function ‘__next_n
ode’:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/nodemask.h:235: warning: signed and
unsigned type in conditional expression
/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/nodemask.h: In function ‘__first_
unset_node’:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/nodemask.h:253: warning: signed and
unsigned type in conditional expression
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/list.h:8,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/wait.h:22,
from include2/asm/semaphore.h:42,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/sched.h:58,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/
src/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
from /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/
src/nv/nv.c:14:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/prefetch.h: In function ‘prefetch
_range’:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of
type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
In file included from include2/asm/pci.h:92,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/pci.h:767,
from /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/
src/nv/nv-linux.h:76,
from /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/
src/nv/nv.c:14:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h: In function
‘pci_map_page’:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h:49: warning:
pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.6.22.5-31/include/linux/compat.h:14,
from include2/asm/mtrr.h:106,
from /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/
src/nv/nv-linux.h:104,
from /tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/
src/nv/nv.c:14:
include2/asm/compat.h: In function ‘compat_alloc_user_space’:
include2/asm/compat.h:202: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in ari
thmetic
/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c: At top le
vel:
/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c:102: warni
ng: ‘kmem_cache_t’ is deprecated
/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In functi
on ‘nv_kern_open’:
/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1805: warn
ing: ‘deprecated_irq_flag’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/src/linux-2.6
.22.5-31/include/linux/interrupt.h:66)
/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1805: warn
ing: ‘deprecated_irq_flag’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/src/linux-2.6
.22.5-31/include/linux/interrupt.h:66)
/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1806: warn
ing: passing argument 2 of ‘request_irq’ from incompatible pointer type
make[4]: *** [/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/src/nv/n
v.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz6270/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8774-pkg2/usr/
src/nv] Error 2
make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [mdl] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2
-> Error.
ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
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.
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can some1 suggest how shld i overcome it... as i DONT have my NET service supportd on linux, basically no net connection....
so how can i install the driver?
plz help.....

[zander]

Please use the 100.14.19 or the 169.04 BETA NVIDIA Linux graphics driver release (see http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=98635 and http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=102509).

[xtrememenace]

thnx fr the help; the driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.19-pkg2.run installed properly;
but wen i changed the desktop window manager to xgl frm xorg;
the windows become static; as if they dont move with the drag of the mouse..
nor are the effects seen..... wat may be the problem?