1.0-6111 for Linux X86-32 and Mandrake 10.0 ?

[wbreen1]

P4 2.8 GHZ
1 GO RAM 3200
ASUS GEFORCE 6800 GE 256 DDR3
kernel 2.6.3-15.

Hi,
I can't install 1.0-6111 for Linux X86-32 linux driver wiyh mandrake 10.0.

I have 2 errors :

First :
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Mon Aug 9 21:51:11 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
X 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 : /root/tmp
ftp site : ftp://download.nvidia.com

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> There appears to already
be a driver installed on your system (version: 1.0-
5336). As part of installing this driver (version: 1.0-6111), the existing
driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will a
bort installation) (Answer: Yes)
-> 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/2.6.3-15mdk/build'
-> Performing cc_version_check with CC="cc".
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing rivafb module check.
WARNING: Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support as
a loadable kernel module.

The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver; the
NVIDIA kernel module will still be built and installed,
but be aware that the NVIDIA driver will not be able to
function properly if the rivafb module is loaded!
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
rm -f -f nv.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv.o os-agp.o os-interfa
ce.o os-registry.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 *~
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.3-15mdk/bui
ld SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.3-15mdk/build'...
Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support as
a loadable kernel module.

The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver; the
NVIDIA kernel module will still be built and installed,
but be aware that the NVIDIA driver will not be able to
function properly if the rivafb module is loaded!

*** Failed rivafb module sanity check, but continuing! ***


NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.3-15mdk/build \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-15mdk KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 \
KBUILD_CHECK= -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.3-15mdk/Makefile modules
Using /usr/src/linux-2.6.3-15mdk as source for kernel
if [ -h /usr/src/linux-2.6.3-15mdk/include/asm -o -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.3-15
mdk/.config ]; then \
echo " /usr/src/linux-2.6.3-15mdk is not clean, please run 'make mrproper'
";\
echo " in the '/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-15mdk' directory.";\
/bin/false; \
fi;
/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-15mdk is not clean, please run 'make mrproper'
in the '/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-15mdk' directory.
make[3]: *** [prepare1] Erreur 1
make[2]: *** [modules] Erreur 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [module] Erreur 1
make: *** [module] Erreur 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.

I tape : make mrproper

So I reinstall the driver and :

Seconde error :

If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the appropriate nvidia-installer command line option.
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.
I do not know !!!!

[Antti]

There has been at least 2 solutions to this problem on this forum. The quicker one (which I haven't tried myself), is to launch the installer with --add-this-kernel (eg. ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel).

The solution I used, was to copy the kernel's config file from /boot to the source tree to get the driver compiled and then manually install them. You can find more detailed instructions to this way from previous threads here.

Btw, if you did "make mkproper", you might need to uninstall the kernel sources and reinstall them. I'm not entirely sure, what "make mkproper" does, but it messes up something from the source tree and you should NOT run the command.