The first time i installed CL8, i downloaded the NVIDIA_kernel.tar.gz and NVIDIA_GLX.tar.gz, untarred them, make install, editetd my XFConfig-4 file and everything went fine.

This time i did exactly the same thing when I try to "make install' i get this nasty message:

[root@inferna local]# cd NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123/
[root@inferna NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123]# make install
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -1`\" > nv_compiler.h
cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wno-multichar -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=3123 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNVCPU_X86 -I. -I/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/build/include -Wno-cast-qual nv.c
cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wno-multichar -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=3123 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNVCPU_X86 -I. -I/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/build/include -Wno-cast-qual os-interface.c
cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wno-multichar -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=3123 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNVCPU_X86 -I. -I/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/build/include -Wno-cast-qual os-registry.c
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
894256 55476 52396 1002128 f4a90 NVdriver
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver
/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol proc_root_R3e12afd8
/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol __pollwait_R8fa8ce4d
/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol remove_proc_entry_Rbdcc149e
/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol init_mm_R8136d4f1
/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol register_chrdev_R0863f051
/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol irq_stat_R91b85d25
/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol create_proc_entry_R58ada4b0
/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol mem_map_Rc25108df
/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbol proc_root_driver_R35566a4f
/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
Hint: You are trying to load a module without a GPL compatible license
and it has unresolved symbols. Contact the module supplier for
assistance, only they can help you.

/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver failed
/lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver: insmod NVdriver failed
make: *** [package-install] Error 255

any idea why?

thanks

more info

the path /lib/modules/2.4.18-2cl/ is correct
I'm trying to use Nv drivers 3123 (latest version available on nvidia webpage) format tar.gz
my video card it's a gf2 ti leadtek
before reinstalling conectiva, i was using nvdrivers 2880 and those gave me absolutely NO problem. Back then i downloaded the drivers in tar.gz. format and did a make install, just the way i'm trying to do now, and everything went fine.

i got it to work !!!!
thanks to conectiva and it's well documented distro

the problem appears to be that the latest Nvdriver doesn't seem to correctly identify the path to the kernel headers

While trying to get the drivers to work i came across the file /src/linux-2.4/README.modules

opened it, read it and foun that all i needed to do was to tell make install that the path was /usr/src/linux/include instead of /usr/include/linux

so i did a:

make install SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/linux/include

and the drivers compiled and was loaded perfectly !!

thanks conectiva

I have exactly the same problem, im running debian any more ideas? =/