nvidia modprobe driver error

coby2k · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 4:58 pm Post subject: nvidia modprobe driver error

hya,

i installed the emerge nvidia stuff

but when i want to modprobe the nvidia driver, this happens, i have an amd xp 1800+.

anyone got a clue?

skwelch · n00b Joined: 13 Dec 2002 Posts: 38 Location: NJ, USA

One of the guys at work got this, mrproper is your friend. A bunch of posts say to mess with kernel config files or USE flags, but doing a "make mrproper" under /usr/src/linux before the normal compile sequence fixed it up.

Papapishu · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 2:32 pm Post subject:

When I tried make mrproper, it removed my entire kernel config for some reason, which I had to reconfigure manualy.
I do have a backup of my old kernel.
Is there a way to extract a kernel config file from a kernel?

I read in the Makefile that mrproper was supposed to remove certain files.
Do you know which files and how that affects the problem?

handsomepete · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 2:59 pm Post subject:

Before make mrproper copy your .config in your kernel directory to somewhere safe. Then copy it back when mrproper's done.

Papapishu · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 3:56 pm Post subject:

So:
I've emerged win4lin sources
I go into /usr/src/linux (after repointing the symlink to win4lin)
I type make menuconfig to make sure the configuration is correct, if it's not I load my backup, (and also add support for window apps), I exit, it asks if I want to save, I say Yes.
I back up .config to my homedir
I run make mrproper
I copy .config back to where it was
I run make dep
When I do this, make dep exists after a few lines with an error (nothing to do for dep).

If I don't copy .config back, it can continue to compile, but on the other hand, that must mean all the settings are wrong i that compile...
I can't get it working.
Am I doing it right?

handsomepete · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 4:03 pm Post subject:

After you copy your .config back, try make menuconfig and just exiting. I think it has to make something else before being able to make dep/modules/etc.

Papapishu · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 4:21 pm Post subject:

Just running make menuconfig, exiting and not saving had no effect

Papapishu · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 5:41 pm Post subject:

I think I got it.
I dont think it has to do with make mrproper, although I\ve been running it a few times.
I just ran a make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install.
What I did was that I unmerged the nvidia stuff and reemerged it...
Then it worked for some reason.
Obviously, the nvkernel depends on the installed kernel source to work.
I got it to work with just a warning instead of a segmentation...

easykill · Apprentice Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 230