Re: kernel mess

[Bruno Buys <bruno.grupos@gmail.com>]

Thierry Chatelet wrote:

> Bruno Buys wrote:
>
>>I upgraded my cpu couple weeks ago, from a sempron2600+ to a 3400+
>>(754). The thing is, 3400+ has the x86_64 instruction set. My current
>>stock kernel 2.6.8-2-k7 sees the sse3 instruction set (listed as 'pni'
>>below), but does not report x86_64 (i'm not sure if it doesn't see the
>>x86_64 or if it simply doesn't report it. Suggestions on how to figure
>>this out are welcome). I then installed two more kernels to play with:
>>the 2.6.8-12-amd64-generic and the 2.6.8-12-amd64-k8. Both boot and run
>>ok, but I failed to install nVidia drivers for these two, following
>>every suggestion on Andrew's guide
>>(http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html). Also
>>the kernel module for qemu would need to be reinstalled. So here's my
>>question: will the trouble of getting nvidia binary driver and kqemu to
>>work on some of these kernels pay off? I am better off sticking to my
>>2.6.8-2-k7?
>>
>>thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>frank:/home/bruno# cat /proc/cpuinfo
>>processor       : 0
>>vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
>>cpu family      : 15
>>model           : 44
>>model name      : AMD Hammer Family processor - Model Unknown
>>stepping        : 2
>>cpu MHz         : 2043.279
>>cache size      : 256 KB
>>fdiv_bug        : no
>>hlt_bug         : no
>>f00f_bug        : no
>>coma_bug        : no
>>fpu             : yes
>>fpu_exception   : yes
>>cpuid level     : 1
>>wp              : yes
>>flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
>>mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext lm
>>3dnowext 3dnow pni
>>bogomips        : 4038.65
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> Here are some simpler instruction on how to install an nvidia driver;
> It works well.  The explanations are for i386, but you can use them
> for amd64. I installed one PC with it a few days ago:
> http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.txt


Hi thierry,
Module compiling (step 4 on this tinyplanet link) failed just like
before. Here's the last few lines, if it helps.

 
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=gcc-3.4 -C /lib/modules/2.6.8-11-amd64-k8/build
SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv modules
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8'
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`gcc-3.4 -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" >
/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv_compiler.h
  CC [M]  /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv.o
/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv.c:1: error: code model `kernel' not
supported in the 32 bit mode
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv/nv.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8'
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[2]: *** [module] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/nv'
make[1]: *** [build-stamp] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel'
make: *** [kdist_image] Error 2


Machine is

frank:/home/bruno# uname -a
Linux frank 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8 #1 Sun Oct 2 21:26:54 UTC 2005 x86_64
GNU/Linux


I'm guessing the problem is nvidia's installer against debian way going
on here, as the document points out. If you can see something I can't
from these compilation lines, please let me know.