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vmc
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Location: Leiria - PT
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 Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 4:00 pm Post subject: nvidia and kernel 2.6.6-rc3-mm1 |
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Recently I upgrade my kernel from 2.6.5-rc2-mm3 to 2.6.6-rc3-mm1 and my nvidia driver stopped to work.
| Code: | runner linux# modprobe nvidia
FATAL: error inserting nvidia (/lib/modules/2.6.6-rc3-mm1/video/nvidia.ko): Invalid module format |
Output from dmesg:
| Code: | | No module found in object |
So. I recall that 4K stacks problem and did the following:
1) Edit the file /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/Kconfig and modified the 4KStacks section
| Code: | config 4KSTACKS
bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
default n
help
If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure
on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option
will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace.
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2) Recompile the kernel (make mrproper before that) with the option
| Code: | | [] Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb |
unchecked
3) umerge nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx (and removed the driver from /lib/modules/2.6.6-rc3-mm1/video/nvidia.ko)
4) Reboot the systema with the new recompiled kernel
5) emerged nvidia-kernel (1.0.5336-r2) and nvidia-glx
6) Runned opengl-update nvidia
And after that I still have the same error.
Any suggestion? I don't want to go back to kernel 2.6.5-rc2-mm3 (some problems with uhci and hotplug)
Heres my partial .config
| Code: | ....
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
....
#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set
CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP=y
# CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is not set
# CONFIG_4KSTACKS is not set
# CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS is not set
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Any help would be appreciate. Thanx |
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ikaro
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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You need to either revert the patch or use a newer nvidia driver:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.run
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vmc
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| ikaro wrote: | You need to either revert the patch or use a newer nvidia driver:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.run |
Thanx for the quick reply. Two questions:
1) How to revert the patch?
2) Where can I get NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.run?
I didn't found it in portage or nvidia site |
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ikaro
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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i can only say search the forums, i don't remember the actual place to get them, but there are threads with links in them
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vmc
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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I searched in gentoo forums and in google for NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.run and I can't find this driver version.
From nvidia site the latest driver available is NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
Now. About reverting the patch? Which patch do u mean?
The
move-__this_module-to-modpost.patch
I tried to revert this patch but I' come with the following errors:
| Code: | cd /usr/src/linux
patch -R -p1 < move-__this_module-to-modpost.patch
patching file include/linux/module.h
patching file scripts/Makefile.modpost
Unreversed patch detected! Ignore -R? [n] n
Apply anyway? [n] y
Hunk #1 FAILED at 68.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file scripts/Makefile.modpost.rej
patching file scripts/modpost.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 352 (offset 9 lines).
Hunk #2 FAILED at 477.
1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file scripts/Makefile.modpost.rej |
Any suggestion? |
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vmc
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2004 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Problem solved.
Instead of using the ebuild from portage, I used the installer from nvidia and everything works smoothly.
Thanx for the help. |
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derk
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 7:34 am Post subject: |
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see Bug # 48030 for newer ebuild options and more info on this
"nvidia/new kernel module handling issue" |
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