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Re: Question about installing nvidia driver



2004. május 24. 00:16 dátummal James Ng ezt írta:
> Hi all,
>
>      I have upgraded my kernel to 2.6.5, and try to install the
> nvidia driver. I have tried to use the nvidia-installera and doing
> extracting the driver and then make install, but both methods fail.
>
> Here is the log file when I install through nvidia-installer.
>
> nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
> creation time: Sun May 23 21:48:27 2004
>
> option status:
>   license pre-accepted    : false
>   update                  : false
>   force update            : false
>   expert                  : false
>   uninstall               : false
>   driver info             : false
>   no precompiled interface: true
>   no ncurses color        : false
>   query latest driver ver : false
>   OpenGL header files     : false
>   no questions            : false
>   silent                  : false
>   XFree86 install prefix  : /usr/X11R6
>   OpenGL install prefix   : /usr
>   Installer install prefix: /usr
>   kernel source path      : (not specified)
>   kernel install path     : (not specified)
>   proc mount point        : /proc
>   ui                      : (not specified)
>   tmpdir                  : /tmp
>   ftp site                : ftp://download.nvidia.com
>
> Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
> -> License accepted.
> -> Not probing for precompiled kernel interfaces.
> -> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.5/build'
> ERROR: Unable to determine the NVIDIA kernel module filename.
> ERROR: Installation has failed.  Please see the file
>        '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details.  You may find
> suggestions
>        on fixing installation problems in the README available on the
> Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
>
>        I cannot find a method to solve the problem "ERROR: Unable to
> determine the NVIDIA kernel module filename.", any suggestion?
>

Hi!

You must have the compiled(!) kernel sources, if you are using 2.6.*.

Daniel

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