instaltion errors

[blata]

RH 9.0
2.4.20-28.9
gforce4 Ti4400
AMD xp2100+
512mg ram

with the new 5336 drivers I get this error

Error: Unable to determine the NVIDIA kernal modual filename.
make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1

If I try to go back to the 4496 drivers I get a bad kernelheader error however it worked befor I tryed to install teh 5336 drivers.

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Tue Jan 27 20:07:24 2004

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 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)
-> 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: '/lib/modules/2.4.20-28.9/build'
-> 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.

And the 4496 log file =

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Tue Jan 27 20:08:13 2004

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 include 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 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)
-> 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.
ERROR: The kernel header file
'/lib/modules/2.4.20-28.9/build/include/linux/modversions.h' does not
exist. The most likely reason for this is that the kernel header files
in '/lib/modules/2.4.20-28.9/build/include' have not been configured.
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.

[Andy Mecham]

Please install your kernel sources.

--andy

[blata]

all the kernal packages are installed.

glibc-kernheaders.2.4.8-20
kernel-source-2.4.20-28.9
dev86
make-3.79.1-17
glibc-devel
cpp
ncurses=devel
binutils
gcc-3.2.2-5

[whig]

Is your kernel source unpacked? In the distros I've come across the installed package just puts a tar.gz or tar.bz2 in usr/src. It's up to me to unpack it.

[blata]

yes its unpacked, installed, and running. I had the 4496 drivers working just fine. Untill I tryed install the 5336 drivers now I cant get eather of them to install.

[blata]

I got it to work.

Im runing RH 9

I rebooted into an old kernel

rpm -e kernel.2.4.20-28.9
rpm -e kernel-source

to uninstall the old kernel and source

then I

rpm -Uvh ftp://bugs.osu.edu/pub/Linux/RedHat/...kernel-source*
(my ftp site feel free to use)

then I ran up to date to install the kernel I had just uninstalled as well as update the source rpm and bingo after a reboot 5336 installed with nary an error.