"nvidia-installer -k" does not work

lOtz1009 · 10-28-10, 04:21 AM

After a kernel upgrade i try to recompile the kernel modules with

Code:

nvidia-installer -k

but the installer tells me

Quote:

Error. No package for installation

and I have to reinstall the whole driver with

Code:

nvidia-installer -f

Any idea why the recompiling does not work? I tried directly after upgrade and additionally after a restart.

System: openSUSE 11.3, 64Bit
Driver 260.19.12 (but the error was on previous drivers too)

towo| · 10-28-10, 05:30 AM

What are you trying to do?
If you will only build the kernel-module for the actual running kernel, you have to do

nvidia-installer -K

as the Readme suggest. -k needs the name of an other kernel as value.

lOtz1009 · 10-28-10, 05:35 AM

Sorry, that was a typo.
I used the capital K (nvidia-installer -K)

towo| · 10-28-10, 05:36 AM

And you do that from the directory of the extracted run-package?

lOtz1009 · 10-28-10, 05:43 AM

No. Where would that be?
I don't have the current .run-file and I don't know where the installer put any files.

towo| · 10-28-10, 05:48 AM

Then download it, and do

sh NVIDIA-linux-foo.run --extract-only

or do

sh NVIDIA-linux-foo.run -K

lOtz1009 · 10-28-10, 06:01 AM

So nvidia-installer -K won't work without the (existing, extracted) .run-file?
Then I'll keep a copy of that file for future updates.

Do you know a possibility for keeping the .run-file that is downloaded when nvidia-installer --update installs an update? (if there's an option in the documentation I'll find it. I'm not on that computer right now).

10-28-10, 05:30 AM	#2
towo\| Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 113	Re: "nvidia-installer -k" does not work What are you trying to do? If you will only build the kernel-module for the actual running kernel, you have to do nvidia-installer -K as the Readme suggest. -k needs the name of an other kernel as value.

10-28-10, 05:35 AM	#3
lOtz1009 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 5	Re: "nvidia-installer -k" does not work Sorry, that was a typo. I used the capital K (nvidia-installer -K)

10-28-10, 05:36 AM	#4
towo\| Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 113	Re: "nvidia-installer -k" does not work And you do that from the directory of the extracted run-package?

10-28-10, 05:43 AM	#5
lOtz1009 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 5	Re: "nvidia-installer -k" does not work No. Where would that be? I don't have the current .run-file and I don't know where the installer put any files.

10-28-10, 05:48 AM	#6
towo\| Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 113	Re: "nvidia-installer -k" does not work Then download it, and do sh NVIDIA-linux-foo.run --extract-only or do sh NVIDIA-linux-foo.run -K

10-28-10, 06:01 AM	#7
lOtz1009 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 5	Re: "nvidia-installer -k" does not work So nvidia-installer -K won't work without the (existing, extracted) .run-file? Then I'll keep a copy of that file for future updates. Do you know a possibility for keeping the .run-file that is downloaded when nvidia-installer --update installs an update? (if there's an option in the documentation I'll find it. I'm not on that computer right now).