[PlanetCCRMA] Nvidia problem
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Tue Nov 7 09:55:01 2006
On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 22:20 -0800, izzy wrote:
> 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.
Sorry to hear that (and yes, you have to have the exact same source for
kernel modules to build). It looks like the version of the nvidia
drivers you have does not play nicely with the current low latency
kernel. So far I have managed to avoid binary drivers for video cards so
I don't know where to go from where you are.
-- Fernando
> 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
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
>
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