Can't update my binary nvidia driver to 7174 when upgrading to 2.6.11

[darin strait <darin_strait@yahoo.com>]

I'm running sid on an nforce2, with the k7-specific kernel. I am
attempting to upgrade from 2.6.10 to 2.6.11. Every thing seems to work
except for my nvidia driver.

I attempted to move away from the "old" installer downloadable from
nvidia to the new method described here:

http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html

This technique fails. Essentially, I wind up with:
FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
(/lib/modules/2.6.11-1-k7/nvidia/nvidia.ko): Unknown symbol in module,
or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

The relevant stuff from dmesg:
nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_bind_memory
nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_enable
nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_backend_acquire
nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_free_memory
nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_allocate_memory
nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_unbind_memory
nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_copy_info
nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_backend_release


Falling back to the downloadable installer, I find that it also fails.
The last part of the installer log shows:

-> Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting
'./usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko':
   -1 Unknown symbol in module
-> Kernel messages:
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_enable
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_backend_acquire
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_free_memory
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_allocate_memory
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_unbind_memory
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_copy_info
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_backend_release
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_bind_memory
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_enable
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_backend_acquire
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_free_memory
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_allocate_memory
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_unbind_memory
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_copy_info
   nvidia: Unknown symbol agp_backend_release
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.


It seems that both methods of installation are having a similar
problem. /usr/src/linux points to /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.11-1-k7/.

I had 7174 working on 2.6.10 for months, but now I don't seem to be
able to fall back.

I've fallen back to using the X "nv" driver and 2.6.11, which is slow
for some things and OpenGL doesn't seem work.


-- darin

darin_strait@yahoo.com  
Database Development and Administration 

"I am always willing to run some hazard of being tedious, in order to be sure that I am perspicuous" Adam Smith


		
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