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Stray Dog Joined: 30 Sep 2001 Posts: 2

Hola compadres,

I'm a linuxnewbie so "bear"- with me ;-)

I recently installed the RC1 release of Mandrake 8.1 and so far so good. Really like this distro.

Except just today I tried to install the latest NVidia driver, but I get an error message I cannot interpet.

Here's the script output for the make command:

make SYSINCLUDE=/usr/src/linux/include

rm -f nv.o os-interface.o os-registry.o Module-linux NVdriver
cc -c -Wall -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-multichar -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D_X86_=1 -Di386=1 -DUNIX -DLINUX -DNV4_HW -DNTRM -DRM20 -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRM_HEAPMGR -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=1541 -I. -I/usr/src/linux/include nv.c

In file included from nv.c:50:

/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use kernel-headers system headers,
/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:2:2: #error but headers from an appropriate kernel-source

make: *** [nv.o] Error 1

Stray Dog Joined: 22 May 2001 Posts: 58 Location: France

To install the driver, a part of it needs to be compiled, so you need the sources related to your own kernel (to have the headers). The source must be of course this of your current kernel.
Look at CD #2, dir /Mandrke/RPMS2

and install kernel-source-2.4.x-***mdk.i586.rpm

Then, "Play it Again, Sam" Wink Smile

Moderator Joined: 26 May 2001 Posts: 8155 Location: Borneo

rc1 didn't come with the kernel-source rpm. You had to download them seperately(and probably it is now not easy to find). I think i have see the drivers for 8.1 and rc1 somewhere(unofficially).

I don't know how fat your pipe is but you could download the kernel-2.4.8, kernel-source and kerenl-header from the 8.1 release and install them.
If you are a newbie yo have to keep in mind that you installing the kernel-2.x.x with rpm -Uvh or rpm -Fvh and probably also not with rpmdrake is strongly UNADVICED. You should always do this with rpm -ivh kernel-2.x.x
In the other cases you will overwrite you prefious kernel which if your new kernel doesn't work is a real joy to fix[ Very Happy

]. kernel-source and headers you can romdrake handle

Stray Dog Joined: 22 May 2001 Posts: 58 Location: France

Ratz, ask for a RMA Very Happy

. Sorry, I didn't know that. It was part of Beta 3 and worked flawlessly.
Not very nice for those with a 56K modem.

Stray Dog Joined: 30 Sep 2001 Posts: 2

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Not very nice for those with a 56K modem.

56K, I wish! I'm stuck with a 26.4K connection at home. So the downloads will have to wait till my lunch break at work.

Once I have the necessary files I'll do what u guys suggested and hopefully all will work out. If any of u guys have already done the install - that is if you have an NVidia vid card post your experience with the install and config.

Well, thanks for the prompt assistance bruddas =^)

I'll post my results later in the week.

P.S. - I didn't kiss the froggy but I did give a big hug to the monitor. Wink

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