Hello guys and girls. I have a nvidia build problem, hopefully someone can help. I followed all the steps in the nVidia documentation all to see a make error. Take a look at my log file and please help!





Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> 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
-> 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/2.6.11-6mdk/source'
-> 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/2.6.11-6mdk/sou
rce SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk/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_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk/build KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C
/lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk/source SUBDIRS=/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x8
6-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv modules
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk/build \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 \
KBUILD_CHECK= KBUILD_EXTMOD="/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-
pkg1/usr/src/nv" \
-f /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk/Makefile modules
mkdir -p /root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp
_versions
make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/root/tmp/self
gz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv
echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > /root/tmp/selfgz846
9/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv_compiler.h
cc -Wp,-MD,/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/
.nv.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.4.3/includ
e -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Iinclude2 -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk/include -I
/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wstric
t-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding
-O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -fno-unit-at-
a-time -march=i686 -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk/include/asm-i386/mach-defaul
t -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/root/tmp
/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wret
urn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -
Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno-common -MD -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_
KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -
DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_V
ERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=6629 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV
_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_REMAP_PFN_RANGE_PRESENT
-DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_DISABLE_DEVICE_PRESENT -DNV_CLASS_SIM
PLE_CREATE_PRESENT -DNV_PCI_GET_CLASS_PRESENT -DMODULE -DKBUILD_BASENAME=nv
-DKBUILD_MODNAME=nvidia -c -o /root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629
-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o /root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/us
r/src/nv/nv.c
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:863,
from /root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/us
r/src/nv/nv-linux.h:75,
from /root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/us
r/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/io.h: In function `check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:242: warning: wrong type argument to increment
/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In func
tion `nvidia_init_module':
/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:930: war
ning: `pm_register' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/pm.h:106)
/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In func
tion `nvidia_exit_module':
/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1051: wa
rning: `pm_unregister' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/pm.h:111)
/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In func
tion `_get_phys_address':
/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:2509: er
ror: request for member `pgd' in something not a structure or union
/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In func
tion `nv_agp_init':
/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:2992: wa
rning: `inter_module_put' is deprecated (declared at include/linux/module.h:
578)
make[4]: *** [/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/usr/src/nv
/nv.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/root/tmp/selfgz8469/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1/us
r/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

from a brief look it says that rivafb (module) is loaded and will conflict with your new driver your trying to install. use 'lsmod' to list the modules currently loaded and look for rivafb. then look at the man page for rmmod and/or modprobe to see how to it works to remove it
ie:
try the modprobe one first, im under the impression that this command is the safer route.
maybe more problems will arise, or maybe there already is more in the log, i didnt read it. i just briefly glanced and saw problems with rivafb many times. so, try to remove it and install the nvidia one. if it works, youll have to prevent rivafb from being loaded on boot.. which can probably be done by commenting out (putting a '#' at the beginning of a line) the line that loads it in one of the /etc/rc.d/ files... check them out and search for rivafb and try and comment it out, or post the sections that have rivafb in it.