Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Jason Filippou
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

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Jason Filippou jason.filip...@gmail.com wrote: ... Which steps should I follow to compile the NVIDIA driver into the new kernel? Are you using squeeze ? If so I would suggest: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/nvidia-kernel-dkms - apt-get install

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-07-18 11:22 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: 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

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Angus Hedger
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de wrote: On 2010-07-18 11:22 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: 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

[SOLVED] Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Jason Filippou
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Mathieu Malaterre mathieu.malate...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Jason Filippou jason.filip...@gmail.com wrote: ... Which steps should I follow to compile the NVIDIA driver into the new kernel? Are you using squeeze ? If so I would

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Amax
On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:40:02 +0200, Jason Filippou wrote: 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

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 18 July 2010 01:22:00 Jason Filippou wrote: 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

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-07-18 19:18 +0200, Greg Madden wrote: to make it work with the stuff from Nvidia's site, 1. Squeeze kernel 2.6.32-5 is configured with gcc 4.3.5 2. gcc that is installed on Squeeze is 4.4.4 4.3.5 3. installing gcc creates a symbolic link to version of gcc-4.4.4 4. gcc is a depend

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Greg Madden
On Sunday 18 July 2010 09:31:46 Sven Joachim wrote: On 2010-07-18 19:18 +0200, Greg Madden wrote: to make it work with the stuff from Nvidia's site, 1. Squeeze kernel 2.6.32-5 is configured with gcc 4.3.5 2. gcc that is installed on Squeeze is 4.4.4 4.3.5 3. installing gcc creates a

Re: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko' in 2.6.32-5-686 kernel

2010-07-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-07-18 21:02 +0200, Greg Madden wrote: Thanks, what I don't understand though is why when gcc is installed it does a symlink to gcc-4.4, on Squeeze. Because gcc-4.4 is the default compiler, but the kernel has been compiled with gcc-4.3 (mainly to avoid regressions that may show up when