nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667

[Patrick Ryan Vinson]

heh...that's good news...glad I could be of some help..

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 17:18 -0700, Brian Callahan wrote:
> OK I had the "unsigned" line too high in the nv.c file I had to move it
> down a liitle bit below the global state line and everything loads
> 
>  THANK YOU !!!
> 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: RE: nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667
> > From: "Brian Callahan" <brian at networklifeline.net>
> > Date: Fri, November 05, 2004 7:08 pm
> > To: pvinson at fit.edu, "For testers of Fedora Core development releases"
> > <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> > 
> > OK I added the line and then ran the installer but now I get a different
> > error
> > 
> > /root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:3512: error:
> > `num_nv_de
> >    vices' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >    make[4]: *** [/root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o]
> > Error 1
> >    make[3]: ***
> > [_module_/root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1/usr/src/nv] Error
> >    2
> >    make[2]: *** [modules] Error 2
> >    NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
> >    nvidia.ko failed to build!
> >    make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
> >    make: *** [module] Error 2
> > -> Error.
> > ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
> > 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.
> > 
> > 
> > "nv.c file:
> > #ifdef MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR
> > MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(NV_MAJOR_DEVICE_NUMBER);
> > #endif
> > unsigned int __VMALLOC_RESERVE = 128 << 20 <-----------------------
> > /*
> >  * our global state; one per device
> > "
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >   BC
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > Subject: Re: nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667
> > > From: "Patrick Ryan Vinson" <pvinson at fit.edu>
> > > Date: Fri, November 05, 2004 5:06 pm
> > > To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases"
> > > <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> > > 
> > > 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?
> > > 
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