Sounds worth a try. For what it's worth, I updated to the new driver on Sat morning without a hitch.
good luck Marcel On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 18:52 -0700, Shawn wrote: > Thanks Marcel (and Jesse). Rebuilding the rpm database at least allowed me > to > get the right kernel source installed. > > Unfortunately, my Nvidia drivers are still not working right. I tried using > YOU, and then sax2, with no luck. Then I tried running the update file and > it just runs into an error and exits. If it helps, here's the pertinent part > of the installer log file: > > make -f scripts/Makefile.build > obj=/tmp/selfgz4880/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7167-pkg1/usr/src/nv echo \#define > NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > > /tmp/selfgz4880/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7167-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv_compiler.h cc > -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz4880/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7167-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.nv.o.d > -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall > -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe > -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -funit-at-a-time -funit-at-a-time > -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer > -I/tmp/selfgz4880/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7167-pkg1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit > -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -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 > -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__-DMODULE > -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=7167 -DNV_UNIX > -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG > -DNV_REMAP_PAGE_RANGE_5_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT > -DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEVICE_PRESENT > -DNV_CLASS_SIMPLE_CREATE_PRESENT-DNV_VMAP_4_PRESENT -DMODULE > -DKBUILD_BASENAME=nv -DKBUILD_MODNAME=nvidia -c > -o /tmp/selfgz4880/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7167-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o > /tmp/selfgz4880/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7167-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c/bin/sh: > line 1: scripts/basic/fixdep: No such file or directory > make[3]: *** > [/tmp/selfgz4880/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7167-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o] Error 1 > make[2]: *** > [_module_/tmp/selfgz4880/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7167-pkg1/usr/src/nv] Error 2 > NVIDIA: left KBUILD. > nvidia.ko failed to build! > make[1]: *** [module] 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. > > Maybe I'll try to grab the nvidia file again... Maybe it's corrupt? > > Thanks for any input. > > Shawn > > On Monday 14 March 2005 17:38, Marcel A. Lecker wrote: > > You might want to try: > > > > # rpm --rebuilddb > > > > ..and then try YOU to check for the updates > > > > try install again, > > > > if that fails you might try refresh the kernel and source, again via > > YOU. > > > > rpm --rebuilddb rebuilds your rpm database. I was experiencing some > > flaky update behavior and that cleared it up nicely. > > > > Just a few more ideas. Good luck > > > > Marcel > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
