compiling nvidia on vanilla kernel 2.6.14 [solved]

[richard-gt 0]

I just upgraded my kernel to the vanilla kernel 2.6.14 (I had a gamepad that wasn't working with the Mandriva 2.6.12 in 2006). Now, the gamepad works, but I'm having trouble getting the NVIDIA modules to compile. I try running the build script, but at the end I get an error message that it couldn't load the module. So, I have a couple of questions:

 

1. Do I need to do anything to the /usr/include/linux or the /usr/include/asm* directories to make sure that the headers match the new kernel? I updated the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to /usr/src/linux-2.6.14.(forgot the subversion) already.

 

2. Do I need to somehow clear out the NVIDIA modules build for the old kernel? After previous kernel upgrades, I've had problems recompiling the same NVIDIA modues and have had to download a newer version which compiled without problems. Unfortunately, my older graphics card has been declared a "legacy" card by NVIDIA, and they have dropped support for it in any newer versions.

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Richard

 

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Edited December 16, 2005 by richard-gt

[Gul Dukat 0]

Did you also install the appropriate kernel-source for your kernel?

[polemicz 0]

As I recall the nvidia installation readme says you will have to uninstall what you have and then re-install after the kernel change.

[chalex20 0]

As I recall the nvidia installation readme says you will have to uninstall what you have and then re-install after the kernel change.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nope. Recompiling the module would suffice.

I'd be pretty much interested to see the exact error message produced by the kernel. I remember several discussions at some Nvidia Linux forum regarding a compiler signature conflict, i.e. kernel is signed "blah blah blah gcc so-and-so blah blah blah custom blah blah blah", whereas the very same "custom" word is completely absent from the nvidia module signature.

Edited December 10, 2005 by chalex20

[richard-gt 0]

I ended up getting everything working on 2.6.13. My guess is that some change in 2.6.14 broke old NVIDIA drivers, and I cannot use a new one because they dropped support for my old video card.

[scarecrow 0]

Old nvidia videocards work only with the older 7174 driver revision- there was alreeady a long talk about that in the forum.

2.6.14 broke nothing at all, and you just need the kernel headers to compile the nvidia modules, not the whole source.