Install Problem 1.0-5336 with Kernel 2.6.5 on Debian Woody 3.0r2

[doczook]

Hello all,

the installation of the 5336 driver fails with kernel 2.6.5, but it works with kernel 2.6.4.

System Debian Woody 3.0r2, the failure exists on two different machines.
Compiler: gcc 2 .95

Any ideas?

Best regards,
Tobias

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Tue Apr 6 10:51:14 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 : /usr/src/linux/
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: No)
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means
that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.
-> Using the kernel source path '/usr/src/linux/' as specified by the
'--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux/'
-> 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.

[LordMorgul]

The symlink /usr/src/linux may not be correctly pointing to the 2.6.5 source. The source should be found without the command line option if the kernel is running at the time (good idea to compile / install while running on the target). This is usually a problem of the installer looking at the wrong source tree.

[eryanv]

What version of XFree86 is in 3.0r2? I was running 2.6.4 kernel with XFree86 4.2.x without any problems, but upgraded to 4.3.0-7 when the packages hit debian-testing. While the drivers appear to work just fine with 4.3.0 (there is this problem with X restarting after a random period of inactivitiy) I have not been able to recompile them. It could be a 2.6.5 problem, but I'm doubting it because I get the same problem when the only thing that had changed was XFree86.


Edit: I just found this post which solved my problems. Check to see if /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/include/linux/version.h exists. If not, run `make prepare` in /usr/src/linux-2.6.5

[doczook]

Thanks eryanv,

this solved my problem.

Kernel 2.6.5 shows an agressive style doing 'make clear', because 'version.h' will be deleted.

So you could add

do_clear := NO

to /etc/kernel-pkg.conf

Best regards,
doczook