Unable to build nvidia module for 2.6.15.1

[zbyszek]

Hi,

I try to build the driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1 patched with
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-8178-U012206.diff on my linux box with kernel 2.6.15.1.

It fails pretty quick. I attach my config and nvidia-installer.log

Same thing happens with 2.6.15.2.
I suspect something is wrong with my kernel configuration but it is not obvious what from the logs to me.

Cheers!
zbyszek

[BSD]

I have the same issue, but not caused by the same problem. It says make mrproper in your installer log.

[pavlinux]

Originally Posted by BSD

I have the same issue, but not caused by the same problem. It says make mrproper in your installer log.

cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.15.2
make distclean && make menuconfig && make && make modules_install && make install && lilo -D 2.6.15.2 && init 6;

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8178-pkg2.run --extract-only;
cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8178-pkg2 && make install;

[zander]

@zbyszek: it's not clear to me what led to this problem; did you build kernel kernel with a seperate output directory, cleaned the kernel source tree and then replaced the .config file in the kernel source, rather than the output directory?

@pavlinux: using the top-level Makefile to install the NVIDIA Linux graphics driver is not recommended, as it won't install all files and may install others in the wrong location; the Makefile will no longer be shipped with future releases of the driver.

[zbyszek]

[quote=zander]@zbyszek: it's not clear to me what led to this problem; did you build kernel kernel with a seperate output directory, cleaned the kernel source tree and then replaced the .config file in the kernel source, rather than the output directory?]

I have built the kernel in the kernel source tree, installed modules, copied kernel
and System.map to /boot, adjusted lilo.conf, executed lilo, rebooted with the new
kernel, extracted mentioned nvidia driver with the --extract-only argument
in /root/tmp and run nvidia-installer -n in the /root/tmp/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.

The installer shows a progress bar to about 23% and stops with the error message
"Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module".

Then there is this part in the nvidia-installer.log produced by the prepare3 section
of the kernel's Makefile due to the presence of .config. As you can see in the logs
this section complains that the source tree is not clean and recommends mrproper.
Of course, if mrproper is applied, the installer will die earlier due to missing include/linux/version.h.
If just .config is removed that "no leadable module support" error pops up.

Would like to know what's wrong before I go postal.

Thank you zander!

zbyszek

[zbyszek]

Mr. Proper makes things worse. See my answer to zander.

[ghostwalker]

Apply the patches http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62021 from here.

[zbyszek]

Originally Posted by ghostwalker

Apply the patches http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62021 from here.

Applied all the patches except U0012206 (which I did before). The result is exactly as in my
original post.

Must have done something nasty in my previous life .

Cheers!