problems fedora 5 kernel 2.6.16

[duardito]

hi, I have fedora 5 and kernel 2.6.16, I can install latest driver with latest patch, here you can see my log.

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Tue Mar 21 12:06:36 2006

option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
no precompiled interface: true
no ncurses color : false
query latest driver ver : false
OpenGL header files : true
no questions : false
silent : false
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : false
no network : false
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : false
force tls : (not specified)
force compat32 tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : /usr/X11R6
OpenGL install prefix : /usr
compat32 install prefix : (not specified)
installer install prefix: /usr
utility install prefix : /usr
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com
RPM file list : (not specified)

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> Not probing for precompiled kernel interfaces.
-> Performing CC test with CC="cc".
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.16/source'
-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/2.6.16/build'
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing nvidiafb check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv.o nv-vm.o os-
agp.o os-interface.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 *~
rm -f -f stprof stprof.o symtab.h
rm -f -rf .tmp_versions
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.16/source S
YSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.16/build'...

NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/2.6.16/build KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/
modules/2.6.16/source SUBDIRS=/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv modules
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16/build \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.16 \
KBUILD_EXTMOD="/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv" -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.16/Makefile mo
dules
mkdir -p /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/.tmp_versions
make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.16/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/root/nvidia/usr/sr
c/nv
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > /root/nvidia/usr/sr
c/nv/nv_compiler.h
cc -Wp,-MD,/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/.nv.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gc
c/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.0/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Iinclude2 -I/usr
/src/linux-2.6.16/include -include include/linux/autoconf.h -I/root/nvidia/
usr/src/nv -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-alia
sing -fno-common -ffreestanding -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -g -march=k8 -m64 -
mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -pipe -fno-reorder-blocks -Wno-sign-compare -fn
o-asynchronous-unwind-tabl
es -funit-at-a-time -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wdeclaration-aft
er-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -I/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -
Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-ari
th -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno-common -mno-red-zone -minline-all-stringop
s -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KER
NEL__ -DMODULE -mcmodel=kernel -DNTRM -DNVRM -DDYNAMIC_SLI -DNV_MAJOR_VERSIO
N=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=8178 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV
_MULTIPLE_BRIDGE_AGPGART_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DMODULE -D"K
BUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUIL
D_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/.tmp_nv.o /root/nvidia/usr/src/
nv/nv.c
In file included from include/linux/sched.h:15,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:47,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/cpumask.h: En la función ‘__first_cpu’:
include/linux/cpumask.h:218: aviso: tipos signed y unsigned en la expresión
condicional
include/linux/cpumask.h: En la función ‘__next_cpu’:
include/linux/cpumask.h:224: aviso: tipos signed y unsigned en la expresión
condicional
In file included from include/linux/sched.h:17,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:47,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/nodemask.h: En la función ‘__first_node’:
include/linux/nodemask.h:229: aviso: tipos signed y unsigned en la expresió
n condicional
include/linux/nodemask.h: En la función ‘__next_node’:
include/linux/nodemask.h:235: aviso: tipos signed y unsigned en la expresió
n condicional
include/linux/nodemask.h: En la función ‘__first_unset_node’:
include/linux/nodemask.h:253: aviso: tipos signed y unsigned en la expresió
n condicional
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:42,
from include/linux/sched.h:20,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:47,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/prefetch.h: En la función ‘prefetch_range’:
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: aviso: se usó un puntero de tipo ‘void *’
en la aritmética
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:522,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:71,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/io.h: En la función ‘check_signature’:
include/asm/io.h:308: aviso: argumento de tipo erróneo para el incremento
In file included from include/asm/pci.h:93,
from include/linux/pci.h:648,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:71,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h: En la función ‘pci_map_page’:
include/asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h:49: aviso: se usó un puntero de tipo � void *’ en la aritmética
In file included from include/linux/compat.h:15,
from include/asm/mtrr.h:28,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:103,
from /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/compat.h: En la función ‘compat_alloc_user_space’:
include/asm/compat.h:202: aviso: se usó un puntero de tipo ‘void *’ en
la aritmética
En el fichero incluído de /root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:535:2: error: #error "vmap() appears to b
e unavailable in this kernel!"
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:677:2: aviso: #warning "conftest.sh faile
d, assuming remap_page_range(4)!"
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c: En el nivel principal:
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:296: aviso: inicialización desde un tipo de pu
ntero incompatible
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c: En la función ‘nvos_get_agp_device_by_class
’:
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:502: aviso: declaración implícita de la funci
ón ‘pci_find_class’
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:502: aviso: la asignación crea un puntero desd
e un entero sin una conversión
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:516: aviso: la asignación crea un puntero desd
e un entero sin una conversión
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c: En la función ‘nv_kern_vma_nopage’:
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1640: error: ‘mem_map’ undeclared (first us
e in this function)
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1640: error: (Each undeclared identifier is rep
orted only once
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1640: error: for each function it appears in.)
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c: En la función ‘nv_kern_mmap’:
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:2014: aviso: declaración implícita de la func
ión ‘remap_page_range’
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c: En la función ‘nvos_count_devices’:
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:3676: aviso: la asignación crea un puntero des
de un entero sin una conversión
/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.c:3682: aviso: la asignación crea un puntero des
de un entero sin una conversión
make[4]: *** [/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv/nv.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/root/nvidia/usr/src/nv] Error 2
make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [mdl] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 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.

[netllama]

See:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=66690
and
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62021

[loening]

You should be able to get things working by following the threads that netllama posted to.

In brief:

1) The initial kernel supplied by FC5 has a known problem in the build. You'll need to update your kernel. I used kernel-2.6.16-1.2064_FC5 (and the corresponding kernel-devel), available at http://people.redhat.com/davej/kernels/Fedora/FC5/

2) You'll need to patch the NVIDIA 8178 package (at least if you're running x86_64 like I am). Go to the thread at http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62021. The first patch in the thread (NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-8178-U012206.diff.txt) is a summation of all the rest of the patches in the thread, so you'll only need that one. Follow the directions in the thread, and you should be done.

[dwill525]

I have the 2.6 kernel running and have installed the .src RPM but the install still tells me 'unable to find kernel source tree' any ideas or pointers appreciated!

[netllama]

You need the kernel-devel RPM.

-Lonni

[duardito]

nothing, I have applied first patch to driver and it finish to compile drivers, and when I try to startx, it says" unable to load nvidia and glx , failed to load submodule.

I still use kernek 2.6.16 compiled by me and driver 8178

[Spyke]

Originally Posted by duardito

nothing, I have applied first patch to driver and it finish to compile drivers, and when I try to startx, it says" unable to load nvidia and glx , failed to load submodule.

I still use kernek 2.6.16 compiled by me and driver 8178

Submodule? Sounds like an XOrg issue to me....

Edit: just reading another thread with a post from kremit that nvidia installer wont know about the paths of the installed X server if your missing some package config file (.pc) so you have to tell it where it is...

./nvidia-installer -n --x-prefix=/usr --x-module-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules

[zander]

I believe Fedora Core 5 ships with an xorg-x11-server-sdk package that, when installed, will provile the .pc file `nvidia-installer` needs to determine where to install the NVIDIA X driver modules.

[nigham]

I still can't manage to get the driver installed. Followed the following steps:

1. Installed xorg-x11-server-sdk through yum.
2. Download and installed kernel-2.6.16-1.2069_FC5 and kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2069_FC5 (these are the only kernel in my system now, rpm -qa | grep kernel only gives these two)
3. Patched the nvidia driver and ran ./nvidia-installer -n
4. The driver installation ran fine and told me the driver was installed and configuration file made.

X how ever refuses to startup. Says refuses to load glx, nvidia modules. Xorg.0.log attached.

Output of...

$ modprobe nvidia
FATAL: Module nvidia_1_0_8178 not found.

$dmesg | grep nvidia
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.

$find /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2069_FC5/ -type f -iname nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2069_FC5/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko

[zander]

$ modprobe nvidia
FATAL: Module nvidia_1_0_8178 not found.

The NVIDIA installer neither installs nor requires such an alias, chances are you inherited from distribution specific NVIDIA graphics driver packages; removing this alias from your `modprobe` configuration file should resolve this module load failure.

[duardito]

problem solved, thanks to all.

solution:
kernel 2.6.16 compiled by me

driver 8178 with first patch of this link.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62021

you must have xorg-x11-server-sdk.

and then install like always.
that´s all.

thanks.

[nigham]

Originally Posted by zander

$ modprobe nvidia
FATAL: Module nvidia_1_0_8178 not found.

The NVIDIA installer neither installs nor requires such an alias, chances are you inherited from distribution specific NVIDIA graphics driver packages; removing this alias from your `modprobe` configuration file should resolve this module load failure.

OK, the module load failure is resolved using this, but X still fails to start. I still get the "taints kernel" in dmesg, and pretty much the same X errors.