Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel
On 2010-07-18 11:22 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote:
> I just installed the new 2.6.32-5-686 kernel and I've been having
> trouble installing the NVIDIA linux display driver. Usually this
> process required of me only to download the linux-headers for the
> relevant kernel release and then running the shell script provided by
> NVIDIA on their website. I tried doing this with the 190.53 driver,
> which is an old driver that worked perfectly for me, and the newest
> 256.35 driver provided by NVIDIA.
I would recommend to use the Debian packages (nvidia-glx etc.) instead.
> In both cases, I get the ordinary
> message about the CC check that failed because the gcc version that
> was used to compile my kernel was not the same as the one used to
> compile the driver and I also see the "compiling kernel module"
> progress bar filling up to 100%. After this, I get the following
> message:
>
> "Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most
> frequently when this kernel module was build against the wrong or
> improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that
> differs from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver
> such as rivafb/nvidiafb is present apd prevents the NVIDIA kernel
> module from obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s), or
> NVIDIA GPU installed in this system is not supported by the NVIDIA
> LINUX graphics driver release."
The reason is that "a driver such as rivafb/nvidiafb is present…",
namely the nouveau module which is new in 2.6.32-5. You need to
blacklist it (see modprobe.conf(5) and reboot to get rid of it.
If you had used the Debian packages this would not have happened,
because the nvidia-kernel-common package blacklists nouveau for you.
Sven
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