nvidia install

[uptikool]

Using the nvidia 259.49 driver and during installation it says unable to build kernel module

checked var log and got this output

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Fri Aug 3 15:16:04 2012
installer version: 295.49

PATH: /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

nvidia-installer command line:
./nvidia-installer

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 295.49.
-> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc".
-> Performing CC version check with CC="cc".
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/source'
-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/build'
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing nvidiafb check.
-> Performing Xen check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./kernel; make clean'...
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./kernel; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/source SYSOUT=/lib/modules/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/build'...
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make -C /lib/modules/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/build \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/kernels/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64 \
KBUILD_EXTMOD="/tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel" -f /usr/src/kernels/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/Makefile \
modules
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/.tmp_versions/*
make -f /usr/src/kernels/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/.nv.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.7.0/include -I/usr/src/kernels/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated -Iinclude -I/usr/src/kernels/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/include -include /usr/src/kernels/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/include/linux/kconfig.h -I/tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1 -DCONFIG_AS_AVX=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -g -pg -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -I/tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295
.49/kernel -Wall -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"295.49\" -Wno-unused-function -Wuninitialized -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/nv.o /tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/nv.c
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:19:0,
from include/linux/sched.h:55,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/nv-linux.h:38,
from /tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/nv.c:13:
include/linux/bitops.h: In function ‘hweight_long’:
include/linux/bitops.h:66:41: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional expression [-Wsign-compare]
In file included from /usr/src/kernels/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h:586:0,
from include/linux/poll.h:14,
from /tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/nv-linux.h:97,
from /tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/nv.c:13:
/usr/src/kernels/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h: In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/kernels/3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:53:6: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions [-Wsign-compare]
In file included from /tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/nv.c:13:0:
/tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/nv-linux.h: At top level:
/tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/nv-linux.h:114:75: fatal error: asm/system.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[4]: *** [/tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel/nv.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz1901/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.49/kernel] Error 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] 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.

Use a newer nvidia driver or patch the old one.

[uptikool]

thankyou yellowman i tried the newer 304.30 driver and install went fine but now during the boot sequence it says

started display manager [ok]
and then nothing it just sits there

in order for me to access the gui i need to go to the tty and remove the xorg.conf that the install made and i starts x in fall back mode

any help is appreciated

Try the nvidia packages from rpmfusion

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=280750

304.30 suffers from blue tinting on all SDL games, post #26 gives instructions for downgrading to 295.59

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpo...7&postcount=26

[uptikool]

hey yellowman

I tried what you did

it got stuck at the same place i checked the var log xorg.3 and this is what it showed me

[ 120.209] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 295.53 Fri May 11 23:29:56 PDT 2012
[ 120.209] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 120.209] (--) using VT number 2

[ 120.211] (EE) No devices detected.
[ 120.211]
Fatal server error:
[ 120.211] no screens found
[ 120.211]
Please consult the Fedora Project support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 120.211] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.3.log" for additional information.
[ 120.211]

Post

grep -i bios /var/log//Xorg.0.log

lspci -nn |grep -i vga

[uptikool]

uptikool@fenrir ~] grep -i bios /var/log//Xorg.0.log
[ 121.968] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:0116:17aa:3981 rev 9, Mem @ 0xf1400000/4194304, 0xe0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00003000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 121.968] (--) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:0deb:17aa:3981 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf0000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00002000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288

uptikool@fenrir ~] lspci -nn |grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0deb] (rev a1)

Originally Posted by uptikool

uptikool@fenrir ~] grep -i bios /var/log//Xorg.0.log
[ 121.968] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:0116:17aa:3981 rev 9, Mem @ 0xf1400000/4194304, 0xe0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00003000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 121.968] (--) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:0deb:17aa:3981 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf0000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00002000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288

uptikool@fenrir ~] lspci -nn |grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0deb] (rev a1)

Your intel graphics card has claimed the video bios and has blocked the nvidia hardware.

[uptikool]

is there any way to remedy this

Originally Posted by uptikool

is there any way to remedy this

Disable it in the mobo bios, if that's not possible you will need to google "bumblebee nvidia"

[uptikool]

Hi Yellowman

I was looking into how to install bumblebee on my laptop a lenovo y570 and found this

https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project...ee/hack-lenovo

its says i need to apply a kernel hack and that kind of scares me could you possibly break it down for me in layman't terms and if it is worth it or not

thanks