Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module

[hpt]

Plase, have a look at the attached "/var/log/nvidia-installer.log"
file which finally shows the ERROR "Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel
module" because of compiling errors like this one:

/tmp/selfgz6641/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:2010: error:
conflicting types for `nv_set_hotkey_occurred_flag'

Until I today built an own kernel (based on the updated 2.6.4 SuSE
kernel sources) I was able to run the nvidia driver. After searching
the nvidia documentation and also the web for a couple of hours I
probably found an idea of a hint:
For building my own kernel I changed the state of some kernel options
from "module" to "built-in". Maybe there are some parts of the kernel
which have to be modules instead of built-in (e.g. the /dev/agpgart)?

I would appreciate every hint!!!!

[mkossmann]

Try the patch from www.minion.de. This fixed that problem for me.

[hpt]

Originally Posted by mkossmann

Try the patch from www.minion.de. This fixed that problem for me.

As you might know I used the "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1" because I found it to be the newest at Nvidia´s download section. Now, I am quite surprised that the above mentioned web page also provides a patch for the "officially non-existing" version 5341 (which seems to be the first one to not need a patch in most of the cases).

Anyway, thanks for the hint. I will try it in a couple of minutes.

[hpt]

I used the patch, but following the instructions of the README failed when trying "make install".
The "nvidia-installer" also failed, this time with the message "Error: unable to determine the nvidia kernel module filename".

Nice, isn´t it. But I didn´t give up and finally ... the solution was to instead of using "make install" use the following simple command first: "ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile".

After that the "make install" works perfect, the nvidia module can be inserted with "modeprobe nvidia" and the Xserver can be started with init 5 (coming from init 3).

Thanks to all!