how to install driver on FC4 AMD64?

[m4rtin]

Hello,

I got an AMD64 machine with FC4.

i cant get the livna FC3 rpm's installed because of the kernel (2.6.11-1.1177_FC4)

And with the installer i have also troubles, first it want's to download the kernel interface, but their isn't one for my system. Compiling the kernel with the source also fails because its complaining about missing libc, but i have the gnu lib c installed.

What to do?

[gilboa]

I'd suggest you download the installer from nvidia.com (http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L...-7174-pkg2.run) and execute it.
This version, unlike the RPM, will build the kernel module using the FC4 kernel.

[m4rtin]

Hello,

I have tried it, first i installed the kernel.src.rpm for my distro.

Then it complained it didnt find my kernel source!

I tried extracting the source from rpm, and put it in /home/user/install/kernel, and tried start the installer with --kernel-source-path=/home/user/install/kernel, then it complained about missing libc

Then i installed all the glibc rpm's i could find. and now it has again some strange error, i could not understand.

[gilboa]

Did you rpmbuild the kernel source after you downloaded it?

If not:
Install the source RPM. (I'm using apt-get install kernel-source#version)
$ cd usr/src/redhat/SPECS/
$ rpmbuild -bp --target=<arch> kernel.spec
$ ln -sf /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.x.x/linux-2.x.x /usr/src/linux

[m4rtin]

tnx gilboa,

I was not aware about rpmbuild etc, i just tought everythings okay when i install the source rpm.

However when i try to make the spec file, the script fails

$ rpmbuild -bp --target=<arch> kernel.spec

PHP Code:

/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: error: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/include/sys/socket.h:35,
                 from /usr/include/netinet/in.h:24,
                 from /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:23,
                 from scripts/basic/fixdep.c:115:
/usr/include/bits/socket.h:304:24: error: asm/socket.h: No such file or directory
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function 'use_config':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: error: 'PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: error: for each function it appears in.)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:201: warning: unused variable 's'
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function 'parse_config_file':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:245: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of 'use_config' differ in signedness
scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function 'parse_dep_file':
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:297: error: 'PATH_MAX' undeclared (first use in this function)
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:299: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 1 of '__builtin_strchr' differ in signedness
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:299: warning: pointer targets in assignment differ in signedness
scripts/basic/fixdep.c:297: warning: unused variable 's'
make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1
make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.28617 (%prep)


But now i know at least how it works...

[gilboa]

Did you install the kernel-headers rpm?
$ rpm -qa glibc-kernheaders ?


Gilboa

[m4rtin]

yes i installed them, but they are 2.4-9, is that correct, since my kernel is 2.6-x maybe its not compatible...?

PHP Code:

rpm -qa glibc-kernheaders
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.90


[gilboa]

2.4.9 is OK.
Please post the output of the following commands:
ls /usr/src/include/linux
ls /usr/src/linux

Gilboa

[Dragoran]

do
yum install kernel-devel

[m4rtin]

ah that may the the problem:

PHP Code:

[martin@m4rtin ~]$ ls /usr/src/include/linux
ls: /usr/src/include/linux: Onbekend bestand of map
[martin@m4rtin ~]$ ls /usr/src/linux
ls: /usr/src/linux: Onbekend bestand of map


its dutch, and means it dont exists.

PHP Code:

cd /usr/src
[martin@m4rtin src]$ ls
redhat


[gilboa]

Opps.

If I recall the rpmbuild command should be:
$ rpmbuild -bp --target=x86-64 kernel.spec

[m4rtin]

PHP Code:

[root@m4rtin SPECS]# rpmbuild -bp --target=x86-64 kernel-2.6.spec
Building target platforms: x86-64
Building for target x86-64
error: Architecture is not included: x86

[root@m4rtin SPECS]# rpmbuild -bp --target=x86_64 kernel-2.6.spec

(that last one works)


but i still got that error