I have just bought a fancy new 64 bit machine with an NVidia FX5200 and am struggling to get it installed. I am running 2.6.9-9-amd64-generic and have the kernel headers package installed.
The installer seems to be working fine until is about 80% done compiling then it just falls over. This is the output of /var/log/nvidia-installer.log:
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sun Feb 6 12:07:33 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 : false
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 : /emul/ia32-linux
installer install prefix: /usr
utility install prefix : /usr
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
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.
-> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 1.0-
6629). As part of installing this driver (version: 1.0-6629), the existing
driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will a
bort installation) (Answer: Yes)
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li
ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f
rom the NVIDIA ftp site (
ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes)
-> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site;
this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for
your kernel.
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.9-9-amd64-generic/build'
-> Performing CC test with CC="cc".
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing rivafb module check.
WARNING: Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support as
a loadable kernel module.
The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver; the
NVIDIA kernel module will still be built and installed,
but be aware that the NVIDIA driver will not be able to
function properly if the rivafb module is loaded!
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv.o nv-vm.o os-
agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nvidia.mod.o
rm -f -f build-in.o nv-linux.o *.d .*.{cmd,flags}
rm -f -f nvidia.{o,ko,mod.{o,c}} nv_compiler.h *~
rm -f -rf .tmp_versions
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.9-9-amd64-g
eneric/build SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.9-9-amd64-generic/build'...
Your kernel was configured to include rivafb support as
a loadable kernel module.
The rivafb driver conflicts with the NVIDIA driver; the
NVIDIA kernel module will still be built and installed,
but be aware that the NVIDIA driver will not be able to
function properly if the rivafb module is loaded!
*** Failed rivafb module sanity check, but continuing! ***
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.9-9-amd64-generic/build SUB
DIRS=/tmp/selfgz4735/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2/usr/src/nv modules
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz4735/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.tmp_v
ersions
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz4735/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6
629-pkg2/usr/src/nv
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > /tmp/selfgz4735/NVI
DIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv_compiler.h
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz4735/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.n
v.o.d -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Wall -Wstrict-
prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Os -fomit-frame-
pointer -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -pipe -fno-reorder-blocks -Wno-sign
-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -I/tmp/selfgz4735/NVIDIA-Linux-x86
_64-1.0-6629-pkg2/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wforma
t -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -
O -fno-common -mno-red-zone -MD -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_
NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -mcmodel=kernel -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_K
ERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0
-DNV_PATCHLEVEL=6629 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86_64
-DNV_64_BITS -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV
_PCI_DISABLE_DEVICE_PRESENT -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=nv -DKBUILD_MODNAME=
nvidia -c -o /tmp/selfgz4735/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.t
mp_nv.o /tmp/selfgz4735/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c
cc1: error: code model `kernel' not supported in the 32 bit mode
make[3]: *** [/tmp/selfgz4735/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2/usr/src/nv/n
v.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz4735/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg2/usr/
src/nv] 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.
The only way I have found of setting up my graphics card is to opt for a non 64 bit kernel and use a different installer, but this seems daft as I've paid good money for this 64 bit machine. Can anyone help?
