Hello list, 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. 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." And after that I'm suggested to check some log files. My gcc version is: ja...@debian:~$ gcc -v | grep version gcc version 4.4.4 (Debian 4.4.4-6) I googled a bit and the most complete solution to the problem that I found was manny's response to this thread: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2797 Yet my problem's still not been solved. I've also installed the proper linux-headers package, as can be verified through aptitude: ja...@debian:~$ sudo aptitude show linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686 [sudo] password for root: Package: linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686 New: yes State: installed Automatically installed: yes Version: 2.6.32-15 Priority: optional Section: kernel Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-ker...@lists.debian.org> Uncompressed Size: 6,885k Depends: linux-headers-2.6.32-5-common (= 2.6.32-15), linux-kbuild-2.6.32, gcc-4.3 Provides: linux-headers, linux-headers-2.6 Description: Header files for Linux 2.6.32-5-686 This package provides the architecture-specific kernel header files for Linux kernel 2.6.32-5-686, generally used for building out-of-tree kernel modules. These files are going to be installed into /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-5-686, and can be used for building modules that load into the kernel provided by the linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 package. Which steps should I follow to compile the NVIDIA driver into the new kernel? Thanks for your time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinrtetbk7ya8oc9fbyl5pksknmlrwd-vsvw-...@mail.gmail.com