This problem was fixed by disabling the MODVERSIONS option in the kernel configuration and rebuilding the kernel.
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 16:11, James D. Freels wrote: > I have a Debian/Woody/Stable system with a NVIDIA XFX FX-5200 card > installed in the AGP slot. I am running 2.4.25 in smp mode compiled from > source in the /usr/src/linux-2.4.25 directory. A backported "top" > program and other ways reveals that the system is running fine in > hyperthreaded mode (simulating 4 processors). > > I have tried to install the 5336-pkg1 both with the nvidia-installer and > with the "make install" from source. Both ways will not allow the driver > to run due to an unresolved reference to smp_num_cpus. > > I have already tried all the options available to for the installer to > recognize the correct source directory. Indeed, the driver compiles > correctly, but will not link to the reference (or it is not found on the > compile step). > > Please help fix this problem. Attached is the > /var/log/nvidia-installer.log > > nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' > creation time: Tue Apr 6 15:39:51 2004 > > option status: > license pre-accepted : false > update : false > force update : false > expert : true > 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 > XFree86 install prefix : /usr/X11R6 > OpenGL install prefix : /usr > Installer install prefix: /usr > kernel source path : (not specified) > kernel install path : (not specified) > proc mount point : /proc > ui : (not specified) > tmpdir : /tmp > ftp site : ftp://download.nvidia.com > > chdir("./") > Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface > -> Searching for system utilities: > -> found `insmod` : `/sbin/insmod` > -> found `modprobe` : `/sbin/modprobe` > -> found `rmmod` : `/sbin/rmmod` > -> found `lsmod` : `/sbin/lsmod` > -> found `depmod` : `/sbin/depmod` > -> found `ldconfig` : `/sbin/ldconfig` > -> found `ld` : `/usr/bin/ld` > -> found `objcopy` : `/usr/bin/objcopy` > -> License accepted. > -> Kernel module installation path (Answer: > '/lib/modules/2.4.25/kernel/drivers/video ') > -> Kernel module installation path: > /lib/modules/2.4.25/kernel/drivers/video > -> 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: No) > -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this > means > that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface. > -> Kernel source path (Answer: '/usr/src/linux-2.4.25/ ') > -> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux-2.4.25/' > -> Performing cc_version_check with CC="cc". > -> Cleaning kernel module build directory. > executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'... > rm -f nv.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-linux.o > nv_compiler.h * > .d NVdriver nvidia.o > -> Building kernel module: > executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module > SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux-2.4.25/'... > echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > nv_compiler.h > cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts > -Wp > arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ > -DMO > DULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES > -D__KE > RNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 > -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5 > 336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PAGE_ > RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.25//include -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error > nv.c > In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/vmalloc.h:8, > from nv-linux.h:62, > from nv.c:14: > /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h: In function `bh_kmap': > /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h:20: warning: pointer of > type ` > void *' used in arithmetic > cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts > -Wp > arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ > -DMO > DULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES > -D__KE > RNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 > -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5 > 336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PAGE_ > RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.25//include -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error > os-a > gp.c > In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/vmalloc.h:8, > from nv-linux.h:62, > from os-agp.c:24: > /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h: In function `bh_kmap': > /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h:20: warning: pointer of > type ` > void *' used in arithmetic > cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts > -Wp > arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ > -DMO > DULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES > -D__KE > RNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 > -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5 > 336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PAGE_ > RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.25//include -Wno > -cast-qual -Wno-error os-interface.c > In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/vmalloc.h:8, > from nv-linux.h:62, > from os-interface.c:26: > /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h: In function `bh_kmap': > /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h:20: warning: pointer of > type ` > void *' used in arithmetic > cc -c -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts > -Wp > arentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ > -DMO > DULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES > -D__KE > RNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 > -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=5 > 336 -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PAGE_ > RANGE_4 -I. -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.25//include -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error > os-r > egistry.c > In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/vmalloc.h:8, > from nv-linux.h:62, > from os-registry.c:14: > /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h: In function `bh_kmap': > /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/include/linux/highmem.h:20: warning: pointer of > type ` > void *' used in arithmetic > ld -r -o nv-linux.o nv.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o > ld -r -o nvidia.o nv-linux.o nv-kernel.o > -> done. > -> Kernel module compilation complete. > executing: '/sbin/insmod ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o > silence_nvidia_output=1'... > ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol smp_call_function > ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: unresolved symbol smp_num_cpus > ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: > 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. > > ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.o'. This is most likely > because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel source files. > Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your > kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the > 'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel source > files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the > '--kernel-source-path' commandline option. > 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. -- James D. Freels, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
