FC4 - Fail to install nVidia driver

Kyrre Ness Sjobak kyrre at solution-forge.net
Sat Jun 25 14:44:38 UTC 2005


I think support for legacy cards like yours (and mine) was dropped.

lør, 25.06.2005 kl. 16.29 skrev McArthor Lee:
> hi all,
> 
> i've installed Fedora Core 4 on my box which has a Geforce2 MMX 400 card.
> 
> i've installed kernel-devel rpm packege.
> [mcarthor at McArthor ~]$ rpm -qa | grep kernel
> kernel-doc-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
> kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
> kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
> 
> i've disabled selinux as some posts say.
> 
> now i have nVidia 7667 driver also.
> 
> i invoke this command:
> ./NVIDIA-7667-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel
> and no error occurs.
> 
> then i run
> ./NVIDIA-7667-pkg1-custom.run
> and it gives error which is detailed in /var/log/nvidia-install.log
> 
> it SEEMs that the installer cannot insmod nVidia's driver module, and that the
> error relates to gcc-4.0 and 4K stack, but i don't know what to do.
> 
> plz help me...
> 
> thx
> 
> =====================
> 
> nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
> creation time: Sun Jun 19 21:53:51 2005
> 
> option status:
>   license pre-accepted    : false
>   update                  : false
>   force update            : false
>   expert                  : false
>   uninstall               : false
>   driver info             : false
>   no precompiled interface: false
>   no ncurses color        : false
>   query latest driver ver : false
>   OpenGL header files     : true
>   no questions            : false
>   silent                  : false
>   no backup               : false
>   kernel module only      : false
>   sanity                  : false
>   add this kernel         : false
>   no runlevel check       : false
>   no network              : false
>   no ABI note             : false
>   no RPMs                 : false
>   force tls               : (not specified)
>   force compat32 tls      : (not specified)
>   X install prefix        : /usr/X11R6
>   OpenGL install prefix   : /usr
>   compat32 install prefix : (not specified)
>   installer install prefix: /usr
>   utility install prefix  : /usr
>   kernel name             : (not specified)
>   kernel include path     : (not specified)
>   kernel source path      : /usr/src/kernels
>   kernel output path      : (not specified)
>   kernel install path     : (not specified)
>   proc mount point        : /proc
>   ui                      : (not specified)
>   tmpdir                  : /tmp
>   ftp mirror              : ftp://download.nvidia.com
>   RPM file list           : (not specified)
> 
> Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
> -> License accepted.
> -> A precompiled kernel interface for kernel 'Linux 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 #1 Thu
>    Jun 2 22:55:56 EDT 2005 i686' has been found here:
>    ./usr/src/nv/precompiled/precompiled-nv-linux.o-1.0-7664.1119188878.
>    executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; /usr/bin/ld -d -r -o nvidia.ko precompiled-nv-l
>    inux.o nv-kernel.o'...
> -> Kernel module linked successfully.
> ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'.  This is most likely
>        because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel source files.
>        Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your
>        kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the
>        'kernel-source' rpm installed.  If you know the correct kernel source
>        files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the
>        '--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
> -> Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting './usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko':
>    -1 Invalid module format
> -> Kernel messages:
>    Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c03e6820(lo)
>    IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
>    parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
>    parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
>    lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
>    lp0: console ready
>    eth0: no IPv6 routers present
>    nvidia: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
>    nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS
>    gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0'
>    nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS
>    gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0'
>    nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS
>    gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0'
>    nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS
>    gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0'
>    nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS
>    gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0'
>    nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS
>    gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0'
>    nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 preempt PENTIUMIII 4KSTACKS
>    gcc-4.0' should be '2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0'
> 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.
> 
> =======================
> Thanks & Regards
> McArthor Lee
> 
> 
> 




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