Kernel 2.6.28 support?

[alex88]

Originally Posted by towo|

U should show us the /var/log/nvidia-installer.log

when i install the drivers under the 2.6.27 or under 2.6.28? because the install end without any problem.

[towo|]

Under 2.6.28

[zander]

Actually, if the installation itself succeeds on Linux 2.6.28, please generate and attach an nvidia-bug-report.log file after the problem has reproduced.

[alex88]

So, booted into 2.6.28, trying to install nvidia driver using the custom patched installer, created nvidia-installer.log and nvidia-bug-report, tried to start gdm, black screen..No way to reopen terminal...
Booted into 2.6.27, black screen, ctrl-alt-F1 to open terminal, created nvidia-bug-report2 (if it helps) and reinstalled nvidia-drivers (custom patched installer), working. Uploaded nvidia-installer2.log

Maybe it would help,

i've compiled the kernel downloading the bz2 from the kernel.org site, then make xconfig, loaded 2.6.27-7-generic config, make-kpkg clean, fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-extreme kernel_image kernel_headers, installed 2 .deb files, headers and image.

[gavron]

Originally Posted by zander

Actually, if the installation itself succeeds on Linux 2.6.28, please generate and attach an nvidia-bug-report.log file after the problem has reproduced.

No problem on 2.6.28-rc2.

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[alex88]

In the nvidia-installer.log on 2.6.28 i've seen this:

echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are mis
sing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it
."; \

should i do

make oldconfig && make prepare

and recompile the kernel??

[cdrw]

Originally Posted by zander

The adventurous of you are also welcome to try the patch below (provided as-is, please use it at your own risk). It can be applied using the .run installer's --apply-patch option.

Thank you!
My (at least) problems are fixed with your patch

[alex88]

Originally Posted by cdrw

Thank you!
My (at least) problems are fixed with your patch

How have you compiled the kernel? Have you followed a guide? if yes, what guide?

Thanks in advance

[cdrw]

Originally Posted by alex88

How have you compiled the kernel? Have you followed a guide? if yes, what guide?

Thanks in advance

yes, i alway compile my own kernel.
Not sure about guide? First time I compiled kernel was very long time ago. So I don't use any specific guide.
There is a lot of guides how to compile custom kernel on the internet. Because this is nvidia forum, I don't think that it would be appropriate for me to explain in detail how to build custom kernel on the site dedicated to nvidia. However I would suggest to keep always working kernel copy, so make sure that your custom kernel has different name than the original working kernel. If custom kernel fail, you can always boot to working one and adjust custom kernel and try compile again.

Good luck

[alex88]

Originally Posted by cdrw

yes, i alway compile my own kernel.
Not sure about guide? First time I compiled kernel was very long time ago. So I don't use any specific guide.
There is a lot of guides how to compile custom kernel on the internet. Because this is nvidia forum, I don't think that it would be appropriate for me to explain in detail how to build custom kernel on the site dedicated to nvidia. However I would suggest to keep always working kernel copy, so make sure that your custom kernel has different name than the original working kernel. If custom kernel fail, you can always boot to working one and adjust custom kernel and try compile again.

Good luck

yes, now i've nvidia working, but not in the boot screen, when it says "loading files needed to boot"..i've added "vga=791" at the kernel boot line, it works in 2.6.27-7 but not in 2.6.28..But nvidia works perfect on 2.6.28 in gdm

[kim.bratlie]

Hello,

Has anyone tried to compile the nvidia driver-177.80 on a x86_64 system with 2.6.28-rc2-mm1 ?

*** Unable to determine target kernel version. ***
make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1

I would appreciate any help in debugging this.

Thanks.

[cthulhu]

Originally Posted by kim.bratlie

Hello,

Has anyone tried to compile the nvidia driver-177.80 on a x86_64 system with 2.6.28-rc2-mm1 ?

*** Unable to determine target kernel version. ***
make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1

I would appreciate any help in debugging this.

Thanks.

Did you make the symlink as described in #3 and #11?