Difficulty in installing NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-7167-pkg2.run

[david]

On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 20:54 +1100, Adam Membrey wrote:
> david wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 20:23 +1100, Adam Membrey wrote:
> > 
> >>I'm currently running linux 2.6.11 with Hoary Ubuntu (hence I can't use 
> >>nvidia-glx).  I had these drivers working on my previous install, 
> >>however a convertfs trying to get reiser working quickly decimated that 
> >>install.
> >>
> >>I'm trying to install this app and it says that it can't locate the 
> >>kernel-source, I'm just wondering exactly what packages I will need.
> >>
> >>At this stage I have:
> >>
> >>linux-headers-2.6.11-1
> >>linux-source-2.6.11
> >>linux-tree-2.6.11
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > Try adding the appropriately numbered
> > "linux-image" (linux-image-2.6.11-1)
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > 
> 
> Apologies David, I should have added that I have that in there already, 
> since it's the kernel that I'm running.
> 
> I've extracted all the files from the linux-source-2.6.11 but the nvidia 
> installer gives me the following error message when I point it to my 
> kernel source:
> 
> 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.
> 
> I will now list ALL the 2.6.11's I have installed:
> 
> linux-doc-2.6.11
> linux-headers-2.6.11-1-amd64-k8
> linux-source-2.6.11
> linux-tree-2.6.11
> linux-image-2.6.11-1-amd64-k8
> linux-patch-ubuntu-2.6.11
> 


I had some problems installing the nvidia driver on slackware10 a week
or so ago and got round it with the 
--kernel-name="2.6.7" --kernel-source="/usr/src/linux-2.6.7" option
added.

I dunno, they finally release nvidia drivers which work beautifully with
the 2.6 kernel just in time for the new 2.6.11 kernel which doesn't work
with the new nvidia drivers. It's a bloody merry-go-round.

Hope this helps (though it probably wont)

David