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[Devari]

Try this:

sudo /sbin/SuSEconfig

Probably won't help, but just in case...

[bjornredtail]

No such luck... Say, what to the various colors mean in displaying filenames in BASH? I see a red name called source, although cd doesn't see it.

[Devari]

Oh! Whoops, of course!

/usr/src/ is where the linux source is.

[Devari]

/usr/src/linux/include/linux/kernel.h on my old SUSE 10.0 server.

[bjornredtail]

Error: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module. I'm digging through the log file now...

[bjornredtail]

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nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Thu Aug 31 12:32:41 2006

option status:
  license pre-accepted    : false
  update                  : false
  force update            : false
  expert                  : false
  uninstall               : false
  driver info             : false
  precompiled interfaces  : true
  no ncurses color        : false
  query latest version    : false
  OpenGL header files     : true
  no questions            : false
  silent                  : false
  no recursion            : 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
  no kernel module        : false
  force SELinux           : default
  force tls               : (not specified)
  X install prefix        : (not specified)
  X library install path  : (not specified)
  X module install path   : (not specified)
  OpenGL install prefix   : (not specified)
  OpenGL install libdir   : (not specified)
  utility install prefix  : (not specified)
  utility install libdir  : (not specified)
  doc install prefix      : (not specified)
  kernel name             : (not specified)
  kernel include path     : (not specified)
  kernel source path      : /usr/src/linux
  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.
-> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 1.0-
   7676).  As part of installing this driver (version: 1.0-8774), the existing 
   driver will be uninstalled.  Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will a
   bort installation) (Answer: Yes)
-> 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: No)
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means
   that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.
-> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc".
-> Performing CC version check with CC="cc".
-> Using the kernel source path '/usr/src/linux' as specified by the
   '--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux'
-> Kernel output path: '/usr/src/linux'
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing nvidiafb check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
   executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
   rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-i2c.o nv.o nv
   -vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-i2c.o nvidia.mod.o
   rm -f -f build-in.o nv-linux.o *.d .*.{cmd,flags}
   rm -f -f nvidia.{o,ko,mod.{o,c}} nv_compiler.h *~
   rm -f -f stprof stprof.o symtab.h
   rm -f -rf .tmp_versions
-> Building kernel module:
   executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux SYSOUT=/usr/s
   rc/linux'...
   
   NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
   make CC=cc  KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDI
   A-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src/nv modules
   Makefile:494: .config: No such file or directory
   mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_vers
   ions
   
     WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.13-15/Module.symvers
              is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.
   
   make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774
   -pkg1/usr/src/nv
   echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > /tmp/selfgz9287/NVI
   DIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv_compiler.h
     cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.nv.o
   .d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.0.2/include -D__KERNEL
   __ -Iinclude  -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -Werror-impli
   cit-function-declaration -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding -O2
       -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=
   2 -fno-unit-at-a-time  -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-s
   tatement -Wno-pointer-sign -I/tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/
   usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscript
   s -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith  -Wno-multichar  -Werror -O -fno-common -MD 
    -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__
   -DMODULE  -DNTRM -DNVRM -DDYNAMIC_SLI  -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSI
   ON=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=8774  -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM
   -DNV_MULTIPLE_BRIDGE_AGPGART_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRESENT -DNV_SYSCTL_
   MAX_MAP_COUNT_PRESENT -DNV_PM_MESSAGE_T_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_CHOOSE_STATE_PRESEN
   T -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_VMAP_4_PRE
   SENT  -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=nv -DKBUILD_MODNAME=nvidia -c -o /tmp/selfg
   z9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o /tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-
   Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c
   In file included from include/linux/bitops.h:77,
                    from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
                    from /tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src
   /nv/nv-linux.h:50,
                    from /tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src
   /nv/nv.c:14:
   include/asm/bitops.h: In function ‘find_first_bit’:
   include/asm/bitops.h:334: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
   In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
                    from include/linux/wait.h:23,
                    from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
                    from include/linux/sched.h:20,
                    from include/linux/module.h:10,
                    from /tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src
   /nv/nv-linux.h:51,
                    from /tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src
   /nv/nv.c:14:
   include/linux/prefetch.h: In function ‘prefetch_range’:
   include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in a
   rithmetic
   In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
                    from include/linux/pci.h:870,
                    from /tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src
   /nv/nv-linux.h:76,
                    from /tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src
   /nv/nv.c:14:
   include/asm/io.h: In function ‘check_signature’:
   include/asm/io.h:253: warning: wrong type argument to increment
   /bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: No such file or directory
   make[3]: *** [/tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o
   ] Error 1
   make[2]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz9287/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1/usr/src
   /nv] Error 2
   NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
   nvidia.ko failed to build!
   make[1]: *** [mdl] Error 1
   make: *** [module] Error 2
-> Error.
ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
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.

Module.symvers? Where have I seen that filename before.... That's right over in /lib/modules/2.6.13-15.11-smp/build *copies over*

EDIT2: No such luck..

EDIT3: /bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: No such file or directory ... That looks like the problem. Oh well, I'll have to go about fixing it later.

[The Beatles]

This is quite weird. I had none of the issues you describe, it was just point and clicking. I did install 'advanced user' and 'compiler tools' by default, maybe that helped?

[bjornredtail]

Peraps I should solve this the Windows way... Is a reinstall in order?

[The Beatles]

No, don't. Can't you mess around with the SAX2 gui and get it working? Also, another thing might be to add various other package repositories. Here is a list of mine:

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installation_sources -a "ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source/"
installation_sources -a "ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/suse/i386/10.0/inst-source-extra/"
installation_sources -a "ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source-java/"
installation_sources -a "ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/suse/i386/10.0/SUSE-Linux10.0-GM-Extra/"
installation_sources -a "ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/suse/i386/supplementary/GNOME/update_for_10.0/yast-source"
installation_sources -a "http://pi3.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/~schiele/suse/10.0/"
installation_sources -a "http://packman.inode.at/suse/10.0/"
installation_sources -a "http://suse.mirrors.tds.net/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source/"
installation_sources -a "ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source/"
installation_sources -a "ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/10.0/"
installation_sources -a "ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-scorot/suse100/"

Then search for nvidia stuff.

[Devari]

No, the SUSE 10.0 nvidia drivers don't cut it for nev's card.

[bjornredtail]

Any idea when any of the package repositories will have the latest Nvidia drivers?

[Devari]

SUSE 10.0 probably never will...

[The Beatles]

I believe they are kept up to date. Besides, some repositories are shared.

[bjornredtail]

Is there any specific patches/packages I can install that might make the NVIDIA offical driver compile?

[The Beatles]

Well, as you have a new card, you could just go to NVIDIA's home page and follow /their/ instructions.