Error Installing 256.35 (Debian)

carlos · 07-27-10, 11:24 AM

I am installing the latest drivers (256.35) on my Debian Testing system and got an error:

Quote:

ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most
frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or
improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that differs
from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as
rivafb/nvidiafb is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel module from
obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s), or NVIDIA GPU
installed in this system is not supported by this NVIDIA Linux graphics
driver release.

I have a nVidia GeForce 9600GT card I am trying to load drivers for and never seen this before. I have attached the logs so if anyone knows what is causing this, please let me know.

Thanks!

**zander** · 07-27-10, 11:57 AM

You need to disable the nouveau driver:

(...)
[ 13.494581] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Allocating FIFO number 2
[ 13.498059] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: nouveau_channel_alloc: initialised FIFO 2
(...)
[80081.353605] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: nouveau_channel_free: freeing fifo 2
(...)

gradinaruvasile · 07-27-10, 10:00 PM

Disabling the nouveau driver is done by adding to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file:

blacklist nouveau

in a new line. Save the file and reboot then try to install the driver. Make sure you have the appropiate kernel headers installed.

Other than that zander said, make sure you use the same gcc version as the the one that was used to compile the kernel.

The default in Testing is gcc-4.4, you need 4.3 - install gcc-4.3 then remove the /usr/bin/gcc symlink and replace it with one that points to /usr/bin/gcc-4.3:

rm /usr/bin/gcc
ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-4.3 /usr/bin/gcc

07-27-10, 11:57 AM	#2
zander NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,740	Re: Error Installing 256.35 (Debian) You need to disable the nouveau driver: (...) [ 13.494581] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Allocating FIFO number 2 [ 13.498059] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: nouveau_channel_alloc: initialised FIFO 2 (...) [80081.353605] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: nouveau_channel_free: freeing fifo 2 (...)

07-27-10, 10:00 PM	#3
gradinaruvasile Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 199	Re: Error Installing 256.35 (Debian) Disabling the nouveau driver is done by adding to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file: blacklist nouveau in a new line. Save the file and reboot then try to install the driver. Make sure you have the appropiate kernel headers installed. Other than that zander said, make sure you use the same gcc version as the the one that was used to compile the kernel. The default in Testing is gcc-4.4, you need 4.3 - install gcc-4.3 then remove the /usr/bin/gcc symlink and replace it with one that points to /usr/bin/gcc-4.3: rm /usr/bin/gcc ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-4.3 /usr/bin/gcc