[PlanetCCRMA] Nvidia problem
izzy
atorima@vfemail.net
Tue Nov 7 00:19:00 2006
izzy wrote:
> Ah, I just noticed this:
>
> kernel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma
> kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma
>
> That just might be the problem. Perhaps, I should use my glasses!
> Downloading kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma.i686.rpm
> <http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetcore/5/i386/kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma.i686.rpm>
>
>
> I'll try that and see if it works a little better for me. and maybe,
> I'll give the edge kernel a try (since I seem to have the sources?)
>
> Thanks!
Ha! Well, with the correct sources the nvidia installer did indeed
build the module and install it
So, I rebooted, but...the module failed to load and then... just after
the login splash the window manager froze. uh oh...
Then I tried to boot into the base kernel. The display was looking
something like a painting by Pollock or Klee...but not what i wanted.
So I rebooted into run level 3 and had a look a xorg.conf. The nvidia
installer had re-written it. Like some bad prose. I tried to edit it.
But, X wasn't buying it.
I tried to remove 'nvidia' with yum. Bad move. I tried to re-install it
with nvidia installer. Stupid move.
xorg-system-display-config tried to fix this mess and I got back to the
login spash and the frozen window manger. I had had enough. I shut it
down down. Enough 'work' for tonight.
Did I mention I'm writing this from the ubuntu box in the back room? its
very...brown. I wonder what kind of latency I could get with this puppy
and the soundblaster? Did I mention that the nvidia installer sucks?
I wonder - if I ordered a fedora core 6 cd will planet core 6 will be
built by the time it arrives?
A Happy thought! Well, I must sleep now so that I may destroy a new
tommorrow.
-izzy
> -
>> Brady Bellinger wrote:
>>> It sounds like you don't have a matching -devel kernel rpm installed.
>>> In your second paragraph below, you refer to two different kernels.
>>> To make sure do this:
>>>
>>> $ uname -r
>>>
>>> This will display your current running kernel. Now see if you have
>>> the corresponding kernel-devel package installed:
>>>
>>> $ rpm -qa | grep kernel
>>>
>>> This will list the currently installed kernel packages. More than
>>> likely you're a very slight version off.
>>>
>>> Hope it helps,
>>>
>>> Brady
>>
>> Hi, Brady.
>>
>> # rpm -qa | grep kernel
>> kernel-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5
>> kernel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma
>> kernel-2.6.18-1.2200.fc5
>> kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma
>> kernel-module-alsa-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma-1.0.11-1.rhfc5.ccrma
>> yum-kernel-module-0.6-3.fc5
>>
>> and I did boot into kernel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma when I
>> ran the installer so, I believe it should have installed for that
>> kernel.
>>
>> I do have the nvidia -kmod from livna working for
>> kernel-2.6.18-1.2200.fc5. I've tried un-installing it and then
>> running the installer for kernel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma
>> just on the off-chance there was a conflict. It made no difference.
>> You should be able to install for differnet kernels, yes? (On my
>> 'old' RH8 you could not) Can't quite figure out why this isn't
>> working. I keep messing with it.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -izzy
>>>
>>> On 11/6/06, izzy <atorima@vfemail.net> wrote:
>>>> Fernando,
>>>>
>>>> I ran this again- I tried a couple of different times before and might
>>>> not have had the correct source on the previous attempt-
>>>>
>>>> Here I have kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma.i686.rpm
>>>> installed and am installing for 2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma
>>>>
>>>> Booting into run level 3, 2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma and running
>>>> "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1.run"
>>>>
>>>> I get-
>>>>
>>>> ERROR: Unable to find the kernel source tree for the currently running
>>>> kernel.
>>>> Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your
>>>> kernel and that they are properly configured; on Red Hat Linux
>>>> systems,
>>>> for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' RPM installed. If
>>>> you
>>>> know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify
>>>> the
>>>> kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' command line
>>>> option.
>>>>
>>>> If I use -
>>>>
>>>> "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1.run
>>>> -–kernel-source-path=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma-i686"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (which is where the kernel source is installed, I believe?) I get -
>>>>
>>>> ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most
>>>> frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or
>>>> improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that
>>>> differs
>>>> from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as
>>>> rivafb/nvidiafb is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel module from
>>>> obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s).
>>>>
>>>> I will post the installer log output below.
>>>>
>>>> Your help is always appreciated,
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> - izzy
>>>> > I doubt that the problem is non-matching versions of gcc. I don't
>>>> think
>>>> > there was any new version updated recently.
>>>> >
>>>> > Do you have the "kernel-devel" package for the kernel you want to
>>>> build
>>>> > for installed?
>>>> On 11/6/06, izzy <atorima@vfemail.net> wrote:
>>>>> Fernando,
>>>>>
>>>>> I ran this again- I tried a couple of different times before and
>>>>> might
>>>>> not have had the correct source on the previous attempt-
>>>>>
>>>>> Here I have kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma.i686.rpm
>>>>> installed and am installing for 2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma
>>>>>
>>>>> Booting into run level 3, 2.6.16-1.2080.16.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma and
>>>>> running
>>>>> "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1.run"
>>>>>
>>>>> I get-
>>>>>
>>>>> ERROR: Unable to find the kernel source tree for the currently
>>>>> running
>>>>> kernel.
>>>>> Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your
>>>>> kernel and that they are properly configured; on Red Hat Linux
>>>>> systems,
>>>>> for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' RPM installed.
>>>>> If you
>>>>> know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may
>>>>> specify the
>>>>> kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' command line
>>>>> option.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I use -
>>>>>
>>>>> "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1.run
>>>>> -–kernel-source-path=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2080.16.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma-i686"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> (which is where the kernel source is installed, I believe?) I get -
>>>>>
>>>>> ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens
>>>>> most
>>>>> frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or
>>>>> improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that
>>>>> differs
>>>>> from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as
>>>>> rivafb/nvidiafb is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel module from
>>>>> obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s).
>>>>>
>>>>> I will post the installer log output below.
>>>>>
>>>>> Your help is always appreciated,
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> - izzy
>>>>> > I doubt that the problem is non-matching versions of gcc. I
>>>>> don't think
>>>>> > there was any new version updated recently.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Do you have the "kernel-devel" package for the kernel you want
>>>>> to build
>>>>> > for installed?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Looks like the nvidia module is unhappy about one (only one?)
>>>>> symbol in
>>>>> > the kernel, that is, it would seem the nvidia module that was
>>>>> built was
>>>>> > not built for the kernel you are booting to.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > -- Fernando
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >