I've been trying for ages to install the drivers for my nVidia card. [1]
I tried the debs in Sarge. They wanted to install the 2.4.27 kernel.
I'm using the 2.6.8. [2]
I tried the installer from nVidia, one of the 8000 series drivers. it
worked! Everything was installed. When X started, it bombed out with
"No screens found". I dug around in the logs and found that the
driver I was using didn't work for my card. I needed the legacy drivers.
At this point I gave up, until today. I went and got the 1.0.7174
driver installer from nVidia... it wouldn't work. It said that the
kernel needed to be "configured" and couldn't find the kernel source
(it's in /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8). I've attached the log.
What do I need to do to get this damn driver to install? Short of
buying a new video card.
[1] nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
[2] Linux Yewdales-lodge 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Tue Aug 16 13:22:48 UTC 2005
i686 GNU/Linux
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nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sat Apr 8 18:33:26 2006
option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
no precompiled interface: false
no ncurses color : false
query latest driver ver : false
OpenGL header files : false
no questions : false
silent : false
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : false
no network : false
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : false
force tls : (not specified)
force compat32 tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : /usr/X11R6
OpenGL install prefix : /usr
compat32 install prefix : (not specified)
installer install prefix: /usr
utility install prefix : /usr
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com
RPM file list : (not specified)
Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li
ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f
rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes)
-> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site;
this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for
your kernel.
-> Using the kernel source path '/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8' as specified by
the '--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.8'
-> Performing CC test with CC="cc".
ERROR: If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.
If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the appropriate nvidia-installer command line option.
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.