has anyone had any luck getting the latest nvidia kernel drivers to compile.
They dont have any debs listed to download, only rpms, and one tarball.
heres the output i get from making and trying to install:
bash-2.04$ ls
Makefile makedevices.sh nv_ref.h nvtypes.h os-interface.h
Module-nvkernel nv.c nvrm.h os-agpconfig.h os-registry.c
README nv.h nvrmapi.lib os-interface.c xf86nvrmapi.lib
bash-2.04$ vi README
bash-2.04$ make
rm -f nv.o os-interface.o os-registry.o Module-linux NVdriver
cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE
-D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1
-Di386=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
-DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=769 -I.
-I/usr/src/linux/include nv.c
/tmp/ccnTgY7V.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccnTgY7V.s:8: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for .modinfo
cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE
-D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1
-Di386=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
-DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=769 -I.
-I/usr/src/linux/include os-interface.c
/tmp/ccypTeV1.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccypTeV1.s:8: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for .modinfo
cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE
-D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1
-Di386=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
-DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=769 -I.
-I/usr/src/linux/include os-registry.c
/tmp/cciQzJUP.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/cciQzJUP.s:8: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for .modinfo
ld -r -o Module-linux nv.o os-interface.o os-registry.o
ld -r -o NVdriver Module-linux Module-nvkernel
size NVdriver
text data bss dec hex filename
460805 28160 19524 508489 7c249 NVdriver
Please run "make install" as root.
bash-2.04$ su
Password:
raven:/tmp/NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-769# make install
rm -f nv.o os-interface.o os-registry.o Module-linux NVdriver
cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE
-D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1
-Di386=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
-DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=769 -I.
-I/usr/src/linux/include nv.c
/tmp/ccY1PVLv.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccY1PVLv.s:8: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for .modinfo
cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE
-D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1
-Di386=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE
-DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1
-DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=769 -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include
os-interface.c
/tmp/ccQkQpwA.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccQkQpwA.s:8: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for .modinfo
cc -c -Wall -Wunknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE
-D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DUNIX -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_X86_=1
-Di386=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE
-DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1
-DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=769 -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include
os-registry.c
/tmp/ccS3NBzO.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccS3NBzO.s:8: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for .modinfo
ld -r -o Module-linux nv.o os-interface.o os-registry.o
ld -r -o NVdriver Module-linux Module-nvkernel
size NVdriver
text data bss dec hex filename
460805 28160 19524 508489 7c249 NVdriver
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.18/video/NVdriver
/lib/modules/2.2.18/video/NVdriver: kernel-module version mismatch
/lib/modules/2.2.18/video/NVdriver was compiled for kernel version
2.4.0
while this kernel is version 2.2.18.
/lib/modules/2.2.18/video/NVdriver: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.18/video/NVdriver
failed
/lib/modules/2.2.18/video/NVdriver: insmod NVdriver failed
make: *** [package-install] Error 255
raven:/tmp/NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-769#
