nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667
Patrick Ryan Vinson
pvinson at fit.edu
Sat Nov 6 03:51:41 UTC 2004
On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 15:23 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> I'll test this on the weekend.
>
> Where did you get source from ?
>
>
> On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 17:06 -0500, Patrick Ryan Vinson wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:59 -0700, Brian Callahan wrote:
> > > Can't build or load nvidia video driver under 667
> > >
> > > used an nvidia patch from
> > > http://ngc891.blogdns.net/index.php?2004/09/21/3-patched-nvidia-drivers
> > >
> > > but still can't load the driver
> > >
> > >
> > > errors:
> > > # dmesg
> > > nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
> > > nvidia: Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE
> > > nvidia: Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE
> > >
> > > works fine under 2.6.8-541
> > >
> > > BC
> > >
> >
> > not sure about that patch but all I did was add
> >
> > unsigned int __VMALLOC_RESERVE = 128 << 20;
> >
> > right after:
> >
> > #ifdef MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR
> > MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(NV_MAJOR_DEVICE_NUMBER);
> > #endif
> >
> > in the nv.c file and ran the installer. Worked perfectly
> > fine after that. I am currently running the *-667 kernel.
> > Are you making sure your xorg.conf file is setup properly?
> >
you can extract the NVidia kernel source by passing -x if I remember
right. It will extract the files rather than running the installer.
>From there you can edit the source.
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