[SOLVED] nvidia-kernel module problem with kernel-source-2.4.18
Thank you Kris, problem is solved.
Same thing with nvidia module initialization failure upon fist time rebbot.
Balazs
>
> I recently ran into similar problems with Linux Display Driver Version
> 1.0-4363 for Linux IA32 released April 24, 2003. I found that the
> autoinstaller program didn't locate a compiled kernel version matching
> 2.4.18-bf2.4, and then it failed to compile one, complaining about not
> finding the kernel header files. To be brief I'll just tell you what
> worked:
> - installed kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4. I was surprised that package
> search on the Debian web site didn't turn up this package name. I think
> it shows up as kernel-headers-2.4.18-5, but it would have been very
> helpful had availability of kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4 been obvious
> from the Debian package search. I suspect 2.4.18-5 and 2.4.18-bf2.4 are
> synonymous and if I had been more familiar with kernel distribution
> conventions I would have known that. The package installed the headers
> at /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.18-bf2.4.
> - gave the include path to the nvidia installer (kernel headers didn't
> go into a location that was searched by default). Run 'sh *.run
> --advanced options' to get the exact syntax for putting in the kernel
> headers path.
> - I make a tarball to backup of my /lib/modules directory prior to
> running the installer.
> - The install compiled me a driver fine under the gcc 2.95.4 rather than
> the 2.91.66 that, as I recall was recommended in the nvidia
> documentation. I also had installed kernel-package, but never used it
> to compile a kernel.
> - I ran 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86', to select the nvidia driver
> rather than nv.
> - Upon rebooting the system, X failed to start, giving a message that
> the video kernel module failed to initialize.
> - Doing 'modprobe nvidia' added it temporarily so that X could then
> start successfully. Autoloading of the nvidia module when X starts
> apparently failed for me.
> - Adding 'nvidia' to /etc/modules made this permanent.
>
> 3D graphics are certainly much faster now!
>
> -Kris
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