HowTo: NViDIA 185.18 Drivers in Ubuntu

[ibuclaw]

I think I have an ubuntu-studio CD lying around somewhere, I'll install it on my test machine and will try it out and let you know of anything.

In the meantime, can you post the contents of the file:

/var/log/nvidia-installer.log

Regards
Iain

[aquanuke]

Thanks Iain heres the output..

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Tue Apr 28 00:46:19 2009
installer version: 1.0.7

option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
precompiled interfaces : true
no ncurses color : false
query latest version : false
OpenGL header files : true
no questions : false
silent : false
no recursion : false
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : false
no network : false
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : false
no kernel module : false
force SELinux : default
no X server check : false
no cc version check : false
force tls : (not specified)
force compat32 tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : (not specified)
X library install path : (not specified)
X module install path : (not specified)
OpenGL install prefix : (not specified)
OpenGL install libdir : (not specified)
compat32 install chroot : (not specified)
compat32 install prefix : (not specified)
compat32 install libdir : (not specified)
utility install prefix : (not specified)
utility install libdir : (not specified)
doc install prefix : (not specified)
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com
RPM file list : (not specified)

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 185.19.
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li
ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f
rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes)
-> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site;
this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for
your kernel.
-> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc".
-> Performing CC version check with CC="cc".
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.28-3-rt/build'
-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/2.6.28-3-rt/build'
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing nvidiafb check.
-> Performing Xen check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.28-3-rt/bui
ld SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.28-3-rt/build'...
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.28-3-rt/build SUBDIRS=/tmp/
selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are mis
sing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it
."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.tmp_ver
sions ; rm -f /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.tm
p_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.1
9-pkg2/usr/src/nv
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.nv.
o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.3/include -D__KERN
EL__ -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include -incl
ude include/linux/autoconf.h -Iub
untu/include -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-a
liasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -m64 -mtune=ge
neric -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-a
rgs -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mm
x -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Iarch/x86/include/asm/mach-default -fno-stack-protec
tor -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -Wdeclaration-after-
statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fwrapv -I/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-18
5.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar
-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -mcmodel=ke
rnel -mno-red-zone -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__
-DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"185.19\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DM
ODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)" -D"KBUILD_MOD
NAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-p
kg2/usr/src/nv/.tmp_nv.o /tmp/selfg
z6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/nv.c
In file included from include/linux/bitops.h:17,
from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
from include/linux/sched.h:52,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv.c:14:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h: In functio
n ‘set_bit’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:60: warning
: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h: In functio
n ‘clear_bit’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:97: warning
: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
In file included from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/sched.h: In function ‘object_is_on_stack’:
include/linux/sched.h:2124: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in ar
ithmetic
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/dma-mapping.h:9,
from include/linux/dma-mapping.h:57,
from include/asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h:7,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/pci.h:94,
from include/linux/pci.h:1002,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:86,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/scatterlist.h: In function ‘sg_virt’:
include/linux/scatterlist.h:199: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used
in arithmetic
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/hardirq_64.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/hardirq.h:4,
from include/linux/hardirq.h:7,
from include/linux/interrupt.h:12,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:87,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/irq.h: In function ‘irq_to_desc’:
include/linux/irq.h:203: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
In file included from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:113,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/highmem.h: In function ‘zero_user_segments’:
include/linux/highmem.h:136: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in a
rithmetic
include/linux/highmem.h:139: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in a
rithmetic
In file included from include/linux/compat.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/mtrr.h:141,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:142,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv.c:14:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h: In functio
n ‘compat_alloc_user_space’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h:210: warnin
g: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.nv-
vm.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.3/include -D__K
ERNEL__ -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include -i
nclude include/linux/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-pro
totypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-fun
ction-declaration -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -fun
it-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchr
onous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse
2 -mno-3dnow -Iarch/x86/include/asm/mach-default -fno-stack-protector -fno-o
mit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -Wdeclaration-after-statement
-Wno-pointer-sign -fwrapv -I/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/
usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscript
s -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -mcmodel=kernel -mno-
red-zone -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE
-DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"185.19\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"
KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv_vm)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=K
BUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/us
r/src/nv/.tmp_nv-vm.o /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-vm.c
In file included from include/linux/bitops.h:17,
from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
from include/linux/sched.h:52,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-vm.c:14:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h: In functio
n ‘set_bit’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:60: warning
: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h: In functio
n ‘clear_bit’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:97: warning
: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
In file included from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-vm.c:14:
include/linux/sched.h: In function ‘object_is_on_stack’:
include/linux/sched.h:2124: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in ar
ithmetic
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/dma-mapping.h:9,
from include/linux/dma-mapping.h:57,
from include/asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h:7,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/pci.h:94,
from include/linux/pci.h:1002,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:86,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-vm.c:14:
include/linux/scatterlist.h: In function ‘sg_virt’:
include/linux/scatterlist.h:199: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used
in arithmetic
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/hardirq_64.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/hardirq.h:4,
from include/linux/hardirq.h:7,
from include/linux/interrupt.h:12,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:87,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-vm.c:14:
include/linux/irq.h: In function ‘irq_to_desc’:
include/linux/irq.h:203: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
In file included from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:113,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-vm.c:14:
include/linux/highmem.h: In function ‘zero_user_segments’:
include/linux/highmem.h:136: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in a
rithmetic
include/linux/highmem.h:139: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in a
rithmetic
In file included from include/linux/compat.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/mtrr.h:141,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:142,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-vm.c:14:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h: In functio
n ‘compat_alloc_user_space’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h:210: warnin
g: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.os-
agp.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.3/include -D__
KERNEL__ -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include -
include include/linux/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-pr
ototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-fu
nction-declaration -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -fu
nit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynch
ronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Iarch/x86/inclu
de/asm/mach-default -fno-stack-protector -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimi
ze-sibling-calls -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fwrapv -I/
tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -
Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wforma
t -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -mc
model=kernel -mno-red-zone -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__
KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"185.19\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DN
DEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(os_agp)"
-D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x8
6_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.tmp_os-agp.o /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_6
4-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-agp.c
In file included from include/linux/bitops.h:17,
from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
from include/linux/sched.h:52,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-agp.c:24:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h: In functio
n ‘set_bit’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:60: warning
: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h: In functio
n ‘clear_bit’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:97: warning
: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
In file included from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-agp.c:24:
include/linux/sched.h: In function ‘object_is_on_stack’:
include/linux/sched.h:2124: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in ar
ithmetic
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/dma-mapping.h:9,
from include/linux/dma-mapping.h:57,
from include/asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h:7,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/pci.h:94,
from include/linux/pci.h:1002,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:86,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-agp.c:24:
include/linux/scatterlist.h: In function ‘sg_virt’:
include/linux/scatterlist.h:199: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used
in arithmetic
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/hardirq_64.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/hardirq.h:4,
from include/linux/hardirq.h:7,
from include/linux/interrupt.h:12,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:87,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-agp.c:24:
include/linux/irq.h: In function ‘irq_to_desc’:
include/linux/irq.h:203: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
In file included from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:113,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-agp.c:24:
include/linux/highmem.h: In function ‘zero_user_segments’:
include/linux/highmem.h:136: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in a
rithmetic
include/linux/highmem.h:139: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in a
rithmetic
In file included from include/linux/compat.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/mtrr.h:141,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:142,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-agp.c:24:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h: In functio
n ‘compat_alloc_user_space’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h:210: warnin
g: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.os-
interface.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.3.3/includ
e -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/inc
lude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -Wall -Wundef -Wstr
ict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-impli
cit-function-declaration -O2 -m64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kern
el -funit-at-a-time -maccumulate-outgoing-args -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-
asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Iarch/x86
/include/asm/mach-default -fno-stack-protector -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-
optimize-sibling-calls -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fwra
pv -I/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimpl
icit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpoint
er-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -mcmodel=kernel -mno-red-zone -MD -Wsign-com
pare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STR
ING=\"185.19\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KB
UI
LD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(os_interface)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)"
-c -o /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/.tmp_os-in
terface.o /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-inte
rface.c
In file included from include/linux/bitops.h:17,
from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
from include/linux/sched.h:52,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-interface.c:26:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h: In functio
n ‘set_bit’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:60: warning
: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h: In functio
n ‘clear_bit’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h:97: warning
: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
In file included from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:19,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-interface.c:26:
include/linux/sched.h: In function ‘object_is_on_stack’:
include/linux/sched.h:2124: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in ar
ithmetic
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/dma-mapping.h:9,
from include/linux/dma-mapping.h:57,
from include/asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h:7,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/pci.h:94,
from include/linux/pci.h:1002,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:86,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-interface.c:26:
include/linux/scatterlist.h: In function ‘sg_virt’:
include/linux/scatterlist.h:199: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used
in arithmetic
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/hardirq_64.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/hardirq.h:4,
from include/linux/hardirq.h:7,
from include/linux/interrupt.h:12,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:87,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-interface.c:26:
include/linux/irq.h: In function ‘irq_to_desc’:
include/linux/irq.h:203: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
In file included from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:113,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-interface.c:26:
include/linux/highmem.h: In function ‘zero_user_segments’:
include/linux/highmem.h:136: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in a
rithmetic
include/linux/highmem.h:139: warning: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in a
rithmetic
In file included from include/linux/compat.h:14,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/as
m/mtrr.h:141,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/nv-linux.h:142,
from /tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv/os-interface.c:26:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h: In functio
n ‘compat_alloc_user_space’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-3-rt/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h:210: warnin
g: pointer of type ‘void *’ used in arithmetic
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c: I
n function ‘os_alloc_sema’:
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:13
0: error: incompatible types in assignment
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c: I
n function ‘os_acquire_sema’:
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:17
4: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘_spin_lock_irqsave’ from incompatible
pointer type
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:17
8: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘_spin_unlock_irqrestore’ from incompa
tible pointer type
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:18
5: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘_spin_unlock_irqrestore’ from incompa
tible pointer type
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c: I
n function ‘os_cond_acquire_sema’:
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:20
8: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘_spin_lock_irqsave’ from incompatible
pointer type
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:21
1: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘_spin_unlock_irqrestore’ from incompa
tible pointer type
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:21
8: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘_spin_unlock_irqrestore’ from incompa
tible pointer type
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c: I
n function ‘os_release_sema’:
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:24
2: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘_spin_lock_irqsave’ from incompatible
pointer type
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:25
3: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘_spin_unlock_irqrestore’ from incompa
tible pointer type
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c: I
n function ‘os_acquire_spinlock’:
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:13
22: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘_spin_lock_irqsave’ from incompatibl
e pointer type
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c: I
n function ‘os_release_spinlock’:
/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:13
33: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘_spin_unlock_irqrestore’ from incomp
atible pointer type
make[3]: *** [/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/src/nv/os-
interface.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz6048/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.19-pkg2/usr/sr
c/nv] 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.

[gewitty]

I've been trying to solve an NVIDIA driver/monitor problem for several days now. The chronicle of what has been tried so far can be seen on this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...=1#post7168178.

Tinivole has looked in on the discussion once or twice, so will be aware of the problem. Having come to the end of the road as far as solutions are concerned, I'm wondering whether it's worth trying this beta driver. I'm not at all convinced that the problem actually lies with the driver, or with NVIDIA. It seems more likely that something more fundamental is preventing the system from properly acquiring the DDI information from the monitor. However, that statement may be complete nonsense, as I'm outside of my area of competence now.

If someone could give me a steer as to whether this driver is worth trying, I'd be grateful. I just never expected to run into so much trouble with brand new kit. Apparently, it was tested with Vista before it was shipped to me, so I guess any hardware problems would have shown up then?

[nudnik]

Having not updated my own mental manpages in a while, I've been compiling the stable builds of 64-bit Nvidia drivers with only GDM stopped. Is it absolutely necessary to halt Xorg altogether for a compile/install of stable drivers, or does that apply only to BETA drivers? Everything seems to have turned out OK....but one never knows.

(In case you are wondering, the latest stable build hasnt made it to the repositories yet; that's why I opted to compile.)

[ibuclaw]

Thanks Iain heres the output..

@aquanuke
Cheers, I've just got it working on my test machine. Initially I received the exact same error as you too.

This is because the ubuntustudio kernel is compiled with the PREEMPT option set as 'full', and as such, uses some slightly different typedefs than the generic kernel, which ultimately resulted in the "incompatible pointer type" error.

Alas, I have tracked it down and fixed the error, and have supplied my patch here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...75#post1993475
Only time will tell if this actually makes it into the real nv driver source.

To work around the problem for the moment follow the guide on the first post, then when you reach the Bye bye X section, stop, and carry out the following steps.

cd /usr/src
sudo sh nvidia-driver -x
sudo mv NVIDIA-*-pkg2 nvidia-extracted
cd nvidia-extracted/usr/src/nv
sudo gedit preempt.patch

Paste in this:

diff -Naur nv/os-interface.c nv.new/os-interface.c
--- nv/os-interface.c   2009-04-28 18:58:23.112878241 +0100
+++ nv.new/os-interface.c       2009-04-28 18:55:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@
     os_sema = (os_sema_t *)*ppSema;
     os_sema->sp = sp;
     init_completion(&os_sema->completion);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+    rt_spin_lock_init(&os_sema->lock);
+#else
     spin_lock_init(&os_sema->lock);
+#endif
     os_sema->count = 1;

     return RM_OK;

Save and Quit.
Then run:

sudo patch -p1 < preempt.patch
sudo rm /usr/src/nvidia-driver
sudo gedit /usr/src/nvidia-driver

Then paste in this file:

#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/src/nvidia-extracted
./nvidia-installer $@

and lastly

sudo chmod +x /usr/src/nvidia-driver

Should provide a good enough workaround for the time being.

Then close the terminal and logout/stop GDM. Then continue with the rest of the guide *as is*.

Regards
Iain

[ibuclaw]

I've been trying to solve an NVIDIA driver/monitor problem for several days now. The chronicle of what has been tried so far can be seen on this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...=1#post7168178.

Tinivole has looked in on the discussion once or twice, so will be aware of the problem. Having come to the end of the road as far as solutions are concerned, I'm wondering whether it's worth trying this beta driver. I'm not at all convinced that the problem actually lies with the driver, or with NVIDIA. It seems more likely that something more fundamental is preventing the system from properly acquiring the DDI information from the monitor. However, that statement may be complete nonsense, as I'm outside of my area of competence now.

If someone could give me a steer as to whether this driver is worth trying, I'd be grateful. I just never expected to run into so much trouble with brand new kit. Apparently, it was tested with Vista before it was shipped to me, so I guess any hardware problems would have shown up then?

In one sense or another, the beta driver should come with better support for the newer cards, if you are having issues with your current one.

If you decide to give the beta drivers a go, run:

sudo nvidia-uninstall
sudo aptitude purge $(dpkg -l | grep nvidia | awk '{print $2}')
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

And restart X before you begin, as by the looks of the other thread, you have done quite a bit of tinkering here and there that may need reversing first.

If after compiling/starting it still doesn't work, make a backup copy of your log files, then uninstall nvidia/restore the failsafe defaults:

sudo nvidia-uninstall
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-all

And post them here.

Or, just to save the hassle of long posts, in a pastebin.

Regards
Iain

[ibuclaw]

Having not updated my own mental manpages in a while, I've been compiling the stable builds of 64-bit Nvidia drivers with only GDM stopped. Is it absolutely necessary to halt Xorg altogether for a compile/install of stable drivers, or does that apply only to BETA drivers? Everything seems to have turned out OK....but one never knows.

(In case you are wondering, the latest stable build hasnt made it to the repositories yet; that's why I opted to compile.)

Yes it is a requirement to stop gdm before compiling the NViDIA drivers from source, else the installer won't run!

Regards
Iain

[nudnik]

Yes it is a requirement to stop gdm before compiling the NViDIA drivers from source, else the installer won't run!

Regards
Iain

I know.... that's one good reason I stop it. What I'm talking about is this line from your code:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop && sudo killall Xorg
In particular, the "killall Xorg" bit. When performing a compile of a stable driver, is it necessary to "killall Xorg" in addition to stopping GDM?

[ibuclaw]

I know.... that's one good reason I stop it. What I'm talking about is this line from your code:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop && sudo killall Xorg
In particular, the "killall Xorg" bit. When performing a compile of a stable driver, is it necessary to "killall Xorg" in addition to stopping GDM?

That is more of a sure kill.
There have been times in the past (mostly after a failed X screen init, and Ubuntu goes into "Low Resolution" mode) when I have switched to a tty, stopped gdm, but Xorg is still running and has prevented the nvidia-installer from continuing.

I'll alter the guide a bit and make it as an optional addon. As 95% of the time, you'll probably won't need to run it.

Regards
Iain

[nudnik]

That is more of a sure kill.
There have been times in the past (mostly after a failed X screen init, and Ubuntu goes into "Low Resolution" mode) when I have switched to a tty, stopped gdm, but Xorg is still running and has prevented the nvidia-installer from continuing.

I'll alter the guide a bit and make it as an optional addon. As 95% of the time, you'll probably won't need to run it.

Regards
Iain

Thanks. That clears it up. Rewards you with curly fries and a Guiness for your effort.