Re: Update to Sid, and cannot compile Nvidia module; PIC mode?

2016-10-29 Thread Will
Hey Dirk. Thank you! That worked, it compiles! And I don't have to get my hands dirty with a patch. :) On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 9:11 PM, Dirk Laebisch wrote: > > Anyone else run into this on Sid very recently? Any hints or pointers? > > Yup. > Providing some compile flags in: > /usr/src/linux

Re: Update to Sid, and cannot compile Nvidia module; PIC mode?

2016-10-28 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 10/28/2016 08:11 PM, Dirk Laebisch wrote: Anyone else run into this on Sid very recently? Any hints or pointers? Yup. Providing some compile flags in: /usr/src/linux/Makefile around line 614 fixed it for me. 614 # force no-pie for distro compilers that enable pie by default 615 KBUILD_CF

Re: Update to Sid, and cannot compile Nvidia module; PIC mode?

2016-10-28 Thread Dirk Laebisch
> Anyone else run into this on Sid very recently? Any hints or pointers? Yup. Providing some compile flags in: /usr/src/linux/Makefile around line 614 fixed it for me. 614 # force no-pie for distro compilers that enable pie by default 615 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-pie) 616 KBU

Re: Update to Sid, and cannot compile Nvidia module; PIC mode?

2016-10-28 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Will wrote on 10/28/16 17:21: > Greetings, > > I usually have to run the NVIDIA installer after a kernel update, but > something has changed that has broken the process to build the > proprietary Nvidia kernel module. I've searched around a bit on the > Intarwebs before coming to the list, so her

Update to Sid, and cannot compile Nvidia module; PIC mode?

2016-10-28 Thread Will
Greetings, I usually have to run the NVIDIA installer after a kernel update, but something has changed that has broken the process to build the proprietary Nvidia kernel module. I've searched around a bit on the Intarwebs before coming to the list, so here goes. Installer: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-3

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:13:01AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2013-07-10 at 14:58 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 05:03:40PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > > > From the package description of dkms (Dynamic Kernel Module Support > > > Framework); > > > > Then why is

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-10 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:58:03 +1200 Chris Bannister wrote: Hello Chris, >On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 05:03:40PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: >> From the package description of dkms (Dynamic Kernel Module Support >> Framework); >Then why isn't it dkmsf? :-) -- Regards _ / ) "The b

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-10 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2013-07-10 at 14:58 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 05:03:40PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > > From the package description of dkms (Dynamic Kernel Module Support > > Framework); > > Then why isn't it dkmsf? Why is it mkdir and not md or mdir resp. why isn't m

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 05:03:40PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > From the package description of dkms (Dynamic Kernel Module Support > Framework); Then why isn't it dkmsf? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who a

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
upgrade kernels. The upgrade for kernel 3.2.* to 3.9.* broke the nvidia module, which has to be recompiled at every kernel upgrade. Installing nvidia-kernel-dkms brings in nearly everything you need to ensure that the nvidia kernel module is automatically upgraded every time the kernel changes

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-09 Thread Brad Rogers
thing is ok. And i have not any xorg.conf. That's contrary to everything I've ever heard about running the nvidia module. If you say you haven't got an xorg.conf I have to believe you. >> the *-dkms nvidia kernel modules, as that way, it's all taken care of >> for y

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-09 Thread andrey . rybak
and nvidia videocards. For running applications on nvidia card i use optiran command from shell. > As for stopping working after upgrade, you are aware that the nVidia > module needs to be recompiled after a kernel update? It's why I use the > *-dkms nvidia kernel modules, as that wa

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-08 Thread Lotek
On 07/07/2013 12:01 PM, andrey.ry...@bilkent.edu.tr wrote: i have jessy. why modprobe cannot find nvidia_drv.so? when i used wheezy i didnot need the xorg.conf. it stopped to work after upgrading. There was no problem when i had upgraded from wheeze to jessy. But when kernel version was changed t

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-08 Thread Brad Rogers
onf file to allow the use of the nVidia driver. As for stopping working after upgrade, you are aware that the nVidia module needs to be recompiled after a kernel update? It's why I use the *-dkms nvidia kernel modules, as that way, it's all taken care of for you. -- Regards _

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-07 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 07 Jul 2013, andrey.ry...@bilkent.edu.tr wrote: > > > Check to see if you have a symbolic link "nvidia" > > in /usr/lib/nvidia which eventually points > > to /usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia_drv.so > yes i have: > > /usr/lib/nvidia/nvidia: symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/nvidia' > /etc

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-07 Thread andrey . rybak
> Check to see if you have a symbolic link "nvidia" > in /usr/lib/nvidia which eventually points > to /usr/lib/nvidia/current/nvidia_drv.so yes i have: /usr/lib/nvidia/nvidia: symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/nvidia' /etc/alternatives/nvidia: symbolic link to `/usr/lib/nvidia/current' # file /

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-07 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 07 Jul 2013, andrey.ry...@bilkent.edu.tr wrote: > hi! > if i do command: > # modprobe nvidia > i retrieve next message: > > FATAL: Module nvidia not found. > > but i have many nvidia-* packages installed > and between them: > > ii nvidia-kernel-common > 20130505+1 i386 NVIDIA b

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-07 Thread andrey . rybak
> For what Debian release, resp. from what repository? #lsb_release -a Release:testing Codename: jessie # uname -a Linux hostname 3.9-1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.9.6-1 i686 GNU/Linux > The module might be somewhere in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ . #ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ build

Re: nvidia module

2013-07-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2013-07-07 at 17:19 +0300, andrey.ry...@bilkent.edu.tr wrote: > hi! > if i do command: > # modprobe nvidia > i retrieve next message: > > FATAL: Module nvidia not found. > > but i have many nvidia-* packages installed > and between them: > > ii nvidia-kernel-common

nvidia module

2013-07-07 Thread andrey . rybak
hi! if i do command: # modprobe nvidia i retrieve next message: FATAL: Module nvidia not found. but i have many nvidia-* packages installed and between them: ii nvidia-kernel-common 20130505+1 i386 NVIDIA binary kernel module support files

Re: X can't find nvidia module

2012-11-14 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2012-11-13 15:51:11 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: But when I startx, X can't find the nvidia module: ... (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) ... Any suggestions as to what to do next? You probably ne

Re: X can't find nvidia module

2012-11-14 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2012-11-13 15:51:11 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: But when I startx, X can't find the nvidia module: ... (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) ... Any suggestions as to what to do next? You probably need xserver-xorg-vide

Re: X can't find nvidia module

2012-11-13 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2012-11-13 15:51:11 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > But when I startx, X can't find the nvidia module: > > ... > (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) > ... > > Any suggestions as to what to do next? You probably need xserver-xorg

X can't find nvidia module

2012-11-13 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
... and lsmod shows: ... nvidia 11186000 0 ... But when I startx, X can't find the nvidia module: ... (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) ... Any suggestions as to what to do next? Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.deb

Re: Nvidia module makes system unstable

2012-04-16 Thread Indulekha
Sean Whalen wrote: > Hello All, > > I recently made the switch from Kubuntu 11.10 to Debain stable. > Everything was running very well until I installed the Nvidia module > "the Debian way". Then, the system became highly unstable. I noticed > that the system would

Re: Nvidia module makes system unstable

2012-04-15 Thread Eduardo Bearzoti
Hi Sean, For the past few days, I've been trying to install Squueze on my PC and have experienced very similar troubles. My card is a GeForce 8400 GS. The screen and the whole system freeze as soon as gdm3 starts. I installed the Nvidia module "the Debian Way", and also (after

Nvidia module makes system unstable

2012-04-15 Thread Sean Whalen
Hello All, I recently made the switch from Kubuntu 11.10 to Debain stable. Everything was running very well until I installed the Nvidia module "the Debian way". Then, the system became highly unstable. I noticed that the system would become very sluggish during simple tasks The most

Re: nvidia module successfully installed

2011-11-25 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Richard wrote: Hi I had to purge everything I downloaded previously, blacklist nouveau, kill X & gdm3, the run NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10.run, then reboot. No more shakey display and I can watch TV again without X crashing. Good news. IMO the reboot is not necessary, just run NVIDIA-Linux-x86

Re: nvidia module successfully installed

2011-11-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2011-11-24 at 20:32 +, Richard wrote: > Hi > I had to purge everything I downloaded previously, blacklist nouveau, kill X > & gdm3, the run > NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10.run, then reboot. > No more shakey display and I can watch TV again without X crashing. Good news :) - Ralf -- T

nvidia module successfully installed

2011-11-24 Thread Richard
Hi I had to purge everything I downloaded previously, blacklist nouveau, kill X & gdm3, the run NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10.run, then reboot. No more shakey display and I can watch TV again without X crashing. -- Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown e-mail: rich...@g8jvm.com or richard.b...@blueyond

Re: Error when loading nvidia module (was: nvidia-driver - some problems)

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:51:30 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: >> I dunno how nor what "dkms" does but I would first check for the >> basics, for instance, is nouveau module unloaded? Have you restared the >> computer (or at least the X server) after installing -and setting as >> default- the nvidia d

Re: Error when loading nvidia module (was: nvidia-driver - some problems)

2011-10-08 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> I dunno how nor what "dkms" does but I would first check for the basics, > for instance, is nouveau module unloaded? Have you restared the computer > (or at least the X server) after installing -and setting as default- the > nvidia driver? DKMS is just building and installing the modulel. Howev

Error when loading nvidia module (was: nvidia-driver - some problems)

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:10:36 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Me again! :-) (let me change the subject for this thread to avoid mixing with the other one) > Now I went back to the latest nvidia driver. Building went fine (I am > using dkms), but it inhibits to load. > > See the last strace ou

Re: Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-04-22 Thread Jonas Jensen
I switched to custom kernel and came across this thread. I also use squeeze and this is what I have found. First of, Debian has the following versions of nvidia-kernel-dkms packages: squeeze: 195.36.31-6 sid/wheezy: 260.19.44-1 experimental: 270.30-1 The version in squeeze fail on anything above

Subject=Re: Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-04-22 Thread Jonas Jensen
I switched to custom kernel and came across this thread. I also use squeeze and this is what I have found. First of, Debian has the following versions of nvidia-kernel-dkms packages: squeeze: 195.36.31-6 sid/wheezy: 260.19.44-1 experimental: 270.30-1 The version in squeeze fail on anything above

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-25 Thread Cameron Hutchison
MRH writes: >On 23/01/11 04:53, Cameron Hutchison wrote: >> and I had to revert two commits to fix it: >> >> 7b8ea53d7f1865cd8f05dfb8f706a4ff5a72abcf (makefile: not need to >> regenerate kernel.release file when make kernelrelease) >> >> 01ab17887f4cdcb8bb5a5d1bc3b160d186e6e99b (Makefile: "make ke

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-24 Thread MRH
On 23/01/11 04:53, Cameron Hutchison wrote: "tv.deb...@googlemail.com" writes: The problem with extraversion and 2.6.37 is known, it's been reported here if I remember, look for a message starting with "kernel-package: 2.6.37" in the archives. But since it seems to affect only proprietary soft

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-24 Thread MRH
On 22/01/11 23:03, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: [...] I have the same setup, I build my kernel (2.6.37 currently) with kernel-package and both nvidia and VirtualBox 4 work fine (they build automatically with dkms). I don't use extraversion, only --append-to-version and --revision. The problem

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread Cameron Hutchison
"tv.deb...@googlemail.com" writes: >The problem with extraversion and 2.6.37 is known, it's been reported >here if I remember, look for a message starting with "kernel-package: >2.6.37" in the archives. But since it seems to affect only proprietary >software I guess they'll have to adapt. Since

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread Andrew Reid
On Saturday 22 January 2011 13:24:08 MRH wrote: > Recently I updated VirtualBox from 3.2 to 4.0 (non OSE version). From > that moment it stopped working, saying that the kernel driver (vboxdrv) > is not loaded and suggesting to run /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup > > This fails: > -- > Stopping V

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
>On the 22/01/2011 23:20, MRH wrote: >> On 22/01/11 19:42, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In<4d3b20c8.3080...@o2.pl>, MRH wrote: >>>CC [M] >>> /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o >>> In file included from >>> /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/VBox

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread MRH
On 22/01/11 19:42, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: In<4d3b20c8.3080...@o2.pl>, MRH wrote: CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o In file included from /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/VBox/types.h:30, from /var/lib/dkms/vboxho

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d3b20c8.3080...@o2.pl>, MRH wrote: > CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o >In file included from >/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/include/VBox/types.h:30, > from >/var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.2/build/vboxdrv/linux/../SUPDrvInternal

Re: VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hi, You're not gonna get much help using non-free software on a tarnished kernel. That said, when i have problems with VBox i just purge everything, dkms included, make sure the drivers are actually deleted, then reinstall, with dkms. Usually does the trick. HTH, Nuno -- Mars 2 Stay! http://xkc

VirtualBox 4 fails building kernel module (the same with nvidia module)

2011-01-22 Thread MRH
Recently I updated VirtualBox from 3.2 to 4.0 (non OSE version). From that moment it stopped working, saying that the kernel driver (vboxdrv) is not loaded and suggesting to run /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup This fails: -- Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules:done.. Uninstalling old VirtualBo

Re: problem with nvidia module and kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64 SOLVED

2009-06-28 Thread Rich Griffiths
On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:20:04 +0200, Norbert Zeh wrote: >> 'aptitude search nvidia' showed the following packages as installed: >> nvidia-settings >> nvidia-kernel-common >> nvidia-xconfig >> nvidia-glx >> nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-1-amd64 > > I'm just guessing, but shouldn't you install > nv

Re: problem with nvidia module and kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64

2009-06-27 Thread Norbert Zeh
> 'aptitude search nvidia' showed the following packages as installed: > nvidia-settings > nvidia-kernel-common > nvidia-xconfig > nvidia-glx > nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-1-amd64 I'm just guessing, but shouldn't you install nvidia-kernel-2.6.26-2-amd64 if you run linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64? A

problem with nvidia module and kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64

2009-06-27 Thread Rich Griffiths
n quit, displaying only a command-line login prompt. syslog and Xorg.0.log both indicated that the system couldn't find the nvidia module (the open source version from the Debian repositories). Here are the last few lines from Xorg.0.log: -- (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kerne

problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg [SOLVED]: CONFIRMATION

2007-06-15 Thread arijit sarkar
On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 11:57 +0200, Eeltje wrote: > Did you get the nvidia module working again? It would be nice if you told > whether you were successful or not... > -- > Eeltje de Vries > > I am sorry not to reply early. I was busy for some personal business. Yes, this

problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg (solved)

2007-06-15 Thread Eeltje
Did you get the nvidia module working again? It would be nice if you told whether you were successful or not... -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg (solved)

2007-06-14 Thread Eeltje
The link is: [url]http://www.debianhelp.org/node/8092[/url] To repeat the story written there: I send a bug report (see: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=428731) and within minutes I got a work around! What one has to do (as 'root') is: # cd /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers #

Re: problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg

2007-06-14 Thread H.S.
arijit wrote: Hi all, I've just updated Xorg packages though synaptic. But after system restart, i am unable to start X-server. Error shown : unable to load module: nvidia Exact same problem in my Etch box too. The work around for now is to run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and to select "nv"

Re: problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg (solved)

2007-06-14 Thread benjaminn bregg
Can you post the link of that thread? On 6/14/07, Eeltje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I had the same problem, see a different thread. There you can also find how it can be solved! -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg (solved)

2007-06-14 Thread Eeltje
I had the same problem, see a different thread. There you can also find how it can be solved! -- Eeltje de Vries -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg

2007-06-13 Thread arijit sarkar
; ':0.0'. > > - > > > > Here's the some output from Xorg.log:- > > -------------

Re: problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg

2007-06-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- > > Here's the some output from Xorg.log:- > - > II) LoadModule: "nvidia"

Re: problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg

2007-06-12 Thread Bob McGowan
--- II) LoadModule: "nvidia" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)

problem: nvidia module not loading after updating Xorg

2007-06-12 Thread arijit
II) LoadModule: "nvidia" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) ---

Re: Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread Alan Ianson
On Wed October 25 2006 06:39, David Baron wrote: > On Wednesday 25 October 2006 13:29, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:31:46PM -0500, cothrige wrote: > > > With this install of Debian I decided to stick to what I know, and > > > grabbed the binary installer direct from NVidia.

Re: Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread David Baron
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 13:29, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:31:46PM -0500, cothrige wrote: > > With this install of Debian I decided to stick to what I know, and > > grabbed the binary installer direct from NVidia. I ran that, and in > > less than two minutes I was up a

Re: Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread cothrige
* Chris Bannister ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Apparently the binary installer from NVidia messes with the libraries on > the system and is not the recommended method for installing. > > Read http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/ > > The Debian way is certainly a lot easier. Now where

Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:31:46PM -0500, cothrige wrote: > With this install of Debian I decided to stick to what I know, and > grabbed the binary installer direct from NVidia. I ran that, and in > less than two minutes I was up and running. No complaints from Debian > and no complaints from NVi

Re: nvidia module and 2.6.16 kernel problem [Solved]

2006-03-30 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Tim Wood wrote: I decided to follow the advise in one of Florian' links (Thanks Florian) and use the NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-8178-1444349.diff.txt patch to the 7676 driver. After fixing a few links, it's up and running. Must say that I'm a bit bemused at applying an 8178 patch to the 7676 driver,

Re: nvidia module and 2.6.16 kernel problem [Solved]

2006-03-30 Thread Tim Wood
I decided to follow the advise in one of Florian' links (Thanks Florian) and use the NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-8178-1444349.diff.txt patch to the 7676 driver. After fixing a few links, it's up and running. Must say that I'm a bit bemused at applying an 8178 patch to the 7676 driver, but have not gone

Re: nvidia module and 2.6.16 kernel problem

2006-03-30 Thread Tim Wood
I receive the digest, so hope this reads ok. Tim Wood wrote: I have installed the new 2.6.16 kernel on two machines running Debian Sid and tried to install nvidia module. On both machines, the module compilation (using module-assistant) fails with some error messages (IIRC there was some

Re: nvidia module and 2.6.16 kernel problem

2006-03-30 Thread Tim Wood
H.S. wrote: I have installed the new 2.6.16 kernel on two machines running Debian Sid and tried to install nvidia module. On both machines, the module compilation (using module-assistant) fails with some error messages (IIRC there was some error about rlim structure not being defined

Re: nvidia module and 2.6.16 kernel problem

2006-03-29 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
H.S. wrote: I have installed the new 2.6.16 kernel on two machines running Debian Sid and tried to install nvidia module. On both machines, the module compilation (using module-assistant) fails with some error messages (IIRC there was some error about rlim structure not being defined

Re: nvidia module and 2.6.16 kernel problem

2006-03-29 Thread Florian Kulzer
Tim Wood wrote: I have installed the new 2.6.16 kernel on two machines running Debian Sid and tried to install nvidia module. On both machines, the module compilation (using module-assistant) fails with some error messages (IIRC there was some error about rlim structure not being defined

RE: nvidia module and 2.6.16 kernel problem

2006-03-28 Thread Tim Wood
I have installed the new 2.6.16 kernel on two machines running Debian Sid and tried to install nvidia module. On both machines, the module compilation (using module-assistant) fails with some error messages (IIRC there was some error about rlim structure not being defined). Searching google has

Re: nvidia module and 2.6.16 kernel problem

2006-03-28 Thread H.S.
to be able to fix this problem. > > What exactly does this message mean and how can "configure kernel source" > so that module-assistant is happy. > > R.Parr > Temporal Arts I got this problem too. But the very first time when I tried to compile and install the nvidia mo

Re: nvidia module and 2.6.16 kernel problem

2006-03-28 Thread Andrew Nelson
H.S. wrote: > I have installed the new 2.6.16 kernel on two machines running Debian > Sid and tried to install nvidia module. On both machines, the module > compilation (using module-assistant) fails with some error messages > (IIRC there was some error about rlim structure not b

Re: nvidia module and 2.6.16 kernel problem

2006-03-28 Thread RParr
H.S. wrote: I have installed the new 2.6.16 kernel on two machines running Debian Sid and tried to install nvidia module. On both machines, the module compilation (using module-assistant) fails with some error messages (IIRC there was some error about rlim structure not being defined

nvidia module and 2.6.16 kernel problem

2006-03-28 Thread H.S.
I have installed the new 2.6.16 kernel on two machines running Debian Sid and tried to install nvidia module. On both machines, the module compilation (using module-assistant) fails with some error messages (IIRC there was some error about rlim structure not being defined). Searching google has

Re: No X - Problems with loading Nvidia module

2005-07-12 Thread David Roguin
start. The > error log indicated that the Nvidia module couldnot be loaded. Below are > the last few lines from the XFree86 log: > > (II) Setting vga for screen 0. > (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 > (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 > (==) NVIDIA(0): Default v

No X - Problems with loading Nvidia module

2005-07-11 Thread KS
Hi, I thought of restarting my machine after the browser was getting stuck at some websites since last night. On restarting, X couldn't start. The error log indicated that the Nvidia module couldnot be loaded. Below are the last few lines from the XFree86 log: (II) Setting vga for scr

Re: compiled nvidia module fails

2004-12-03 Thread Matthew Yates
I fixed the problem, but I still don't know what caused it. The nvidia module failed to load. I also notice my soundcard module (i810_audio) wasn't loaded. I added "nvidia' and "i810_audio" to /etc/modules, and now everything is working as before. These modules we

Re: compiled nvidia module fails

2004-12-03 Thread Matthew Yates
The previous upgrade was done only a few days ago (Sunday or Monday I think). Whatever is causing the problem was loaded into Debian unstable in the past week or less. I have a custom kernel that wasn't upgraded by apt and the Nvidia module was directly from nvidia.com, so it wasn'

Re: compiled nvidia module fails

2004-12-03 Thread Tim Beauregard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matthew Yates wrote: | Does anyone know how I can check to see which packages | were upgraded last night? I didn't keep track of it, | but it may be helpful in figuring out the source of | the problem. My kernel is custom, so it was not | upgraded. I

Re: compiled nvidia module fails

2004-12-03 Thread Matthew Yates
I run Debian unstable on my desktop at home. I did an "apt-get upgrade" last night and this morning my Nvidia module failed to load. The "nv" module works OK, but I need TV-out functionality. My kernel is 2.6.7 and the Nvidia module was downloaded from nvidia.com and insta

Re: compiled nvidia module fails

2004-12-02 Thread Tim Beauregard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Collet Brunel wrote: | Check if the nvidia-kernel-source version matches with | the nvidia-glx package version.. there may be a | conflict there.. Not in my case; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l nvidia-kernel-source Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hol

Re: Re: compiled nvidia module fails

2004-12-02 Thread Collet Brunel
Check if the nvidia-kernel-source version matches with the nvidia-glx package version.. there may be a conflict there.. ___ Yahoo! Acesso Grátis - Internet rápida e grátis. Instale o discador agora! http://b

Re: compiled nvidia module fails

2004-12-01 Thread Tim Beauregard
pic pci=noacpi pci=biosirq recompile kernel without any modules, without APIC module-assistant auto-install nvidia (kernel already compiled without 4K stacks) (have not included rivafb) the nvidia module installs fine but still get a blank screen. I'm going off the nvidia hardware, my mother also c

Re: compiled nvidia module fails

2004-12-01 Thread Andrew Schulman
> apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.7 nvidia-kernel-source > nvidia-kernel-common > tar xvjf kernel-source-2.6.7.bz2 > tar xvzf nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz > ln -s kernel-source-2.6.7 linux > cd linux > (fakeroot make-kpkg clean) > make menuconfig > fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=20041201 kernel_ima

Re: compiled nvidia module fails

2004-12-01 Thread Tim Beauregard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olle Eriksson wrote: | On Tuesday 30 November 2004 22.18, Tim Beauregard wrote: |>I am unable to use the nvidia module compiled from nvidia-kernel-source |>that is used with the nvidia-glx package. On boot-up, the computer |>freezes when g

compiled nvidia module fails

2004-11-30 Thread Tim Beauregard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I am unable to use the nvidia module compiled from nvidia-kernel-source that is used with the nvidia-glx package. On boot-up, the computer freezes when gdm starts. The error message I get in the logs is Failed to initialize the NVIDIA

Re: X refuses to load nVidia module

2003-12-31 Thread csj
On 31. December 2003 at 4:50AM -0400, Stephen Cormier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On December 29, 2003 10:59 pm, Bradley Alexander wrote: > >When I tried to load the module under 2.6.0, I got the message > >FATAL: Error inserting nvidia > >(/lib/modules/2.6.0/nvidia/nvidia.ko): Invalid module fo

Re: X refuses to load nVidia module

2003-12-31 Thread Stephen Cormier
On December 29, 2003 10:59 pm, Bradley Alexander wrote: >When I tried to load the module under 2.6.0, I got the message > FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.0/nvidia/nvidia.ko): > Invalid module format > Starting with about test7 and onwards I had to us modprobe -f nvidia to get the

Re: X refuses to load nVidia module

2003-12-30 Thread Bradley M Alexander
On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 10:39:11PM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 09:59:58PM -0500, Bradley Alexander wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:32:08 -0700 > > "Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > When you load the module manually, does it show in the output

Re: X refuses to load nVidia module

2003-12-29 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 09:59:58PM -0500, Bradley Alexander wrote: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:32:08 -0700 > "Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > When you load the module manually, does it show in the output of lsmod? > > Yep. That was the first thing I checked when looking under 2.

Re: X refuses to load nVidia module

2003-12-29 Thread Johann Koenig
On Monday December 29 at 09:59pm Bradley Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep. That was the first thing I checked when looking under 2.4.23. > When I tried to load the module under 2.6.0, I got the message > > FATAL: Error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.0/nvidia/nvidia.ko): > Invalid

Re: X refuses to load nVidia module

2003-12-29 Thread Bradley Alexander
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:32:08 -0700 "Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 04:18:40PM -0500, Bradley M Alexander wrote: > > I just built a sid box from bare metal last week, and am having > > problems getting the nVidia drivers to load. I tried this under 2.4.23 > >

Re: X refuses to load nVidia module

2003-12-29 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 04:18:40PM -0500, Bradley M Alexander wrote: > I just built a sid box from bare metal last week, and am having problems > getting the nVidia drivers to load. I tried this under 2.4.23 and 2.6.0, > and in both cases, the module refuses to load. At this point, I'm not sure > i

X refuses to load nVidia module

2003-12-29 Thread Bradley M Alexander
uot; Then there pages of Not loading .note.GNU-stack Not loading .note.GNU-stack ...and finally... (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Not loading .note.GNU-stack (EE) No drivers available. Fatal server error: no screens found This happens whether I load th

Re: nvidia module load problems

2003-02-09 Thread Nic Strong
On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 16:54, Alan Thompson wrote: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 12:26:29AM +, Nic Strong wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Ever since compiling 2.4.20 kernel and the nvidia module/glx (4191) > > whenever I start x the nvidia module does not auto load i have to

Re: nvidia module load problems

2003-02-07 Thread Alan Thompson
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 12:26:29AM +, Nic Strong wrote: > Hi, > > Ever since compiling 2.4.20 kernel and the nvidia module/glx (4191) > whenever I start x the nvidia module does not auto load i have to do an > explicit 'insmod nvidia' (i never had to do this in the

Re: nvidia module load problems

2003-02-07 Thread Lacoste (Frisurf)
t 01:26, Nic Strong wrote: > Hi, > > Ever since compiling 2.4.20 kernel and the nvidia module/glx (4191) > whenever I start x the nvidia module does not auto load i have to do an > explicit 'insmod nvidia' (i never had to do this in the past). > > /etc/modules has the

Re: nvidia module load problems

2003-02-07 Thread Steve Johnson
re # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with # a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored. nvidia -Luck On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 18:26, Nic Strong wrote: > Hi, > > Ever since compiling 2.4.20 kernel and the nvidia module/glx (4191) > whenever

nvidia module load problems

2003-02-07 Thread Nic Strong
Hi, Ever since compiling 2.4.20 kernel and the nvidia module/glx (4191) whenever I start x the nvidia module does not auto load i have to do an explicit 'insmod nvidia' (i never had to do this in the past). /etc/modules has the following lines: ### update-modules: start processing /et