Ubuntu 8.10 RC and NVIDIA 96.43.05

Ken Adams adams.ken.j at googlemail.com
Fri Oct 24 17:45:01 UTC 2008


Using 8.10RC here with GeForce FX5500 and dual monitors. All working
fine.

Rgds Ken

On Fri, 2008-10-24 at 14:38 -0300, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote:
> Hola!
> 
> I think I have this very same problem, with a nVidia GeForce card. I
> tried yesterday the RC live cdrom, and it wont even boot!
> I have nothing against tryoing the nv drivers, is it safe to upgrade
> to 8.10, or
> should I wait? Anybody with GeForce card have updated without
> problems?
> 
> Kjetil
> 
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 2:20 PM, adam <jiang.adam at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Then copy the file to /usr/include/linux/ and try again.
>         Or, if you can assign the KERNEL_DIR to Makefile of your
>         module,
>         point it to /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7/.
>         
>         
>         On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 08:05:41PM +0300, Nicolae Ghimbovschi
>         wrote:
>         > # find /usr/src | grep semaphore
>         > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7/include/linux/semaphore.h
>         > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic/include/linux/semaphore.h
>         >
>         >
>         > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 19:59, adam <jiang.adam at gmail.com>
>         wrote:
>         > > Okay, I see.
>         > > Please try,
>         > >  % find /usr/src | grep semaphore
>         > >
>         > > If nothing is there, you'd better install the kernel
>         source.
>         > > It is about 65M. Get it by following lines:
>         > >  % sudo apt-get build-dep linux-image-$(uname -r)
>         > >  % apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)
>         > >
>         > > See also:
>         > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile
>         > >
>         > > You should have to compile the source to make sure have it
>         configred right.
>         > >  % AUTOBUILD=1 fakeroot debian/rules binary-debs
>         > > And then copy $(KERNEL_SRC)/linux/include directory
>         to /usr/include/,
>         > > and link asm-i386 to asm.
>         > >
>         > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 07:43:29PM +0300, Nicolae
>         Ghimbovschi wrote:
>         > >> I checked the linux-headers package for the current
>         kernel version, it
>         > >> is installed.
>         > >>
>         > >> root at saturn:~# apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
>         > >> Reading package lists... Done
>         > >> Building dependency tree
>         > >> Reading state information... Done
>         > >> linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic is already the newest
>         version.
>         > >> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not
>         upgraded.
>         > >>
>         > >> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 19:32, adam
>         <jiang.adam at gmail.com> wrote:
>         > >> > You need the kernel headers.
>         > >> > Obviously, asm/xxx.h is missing in your side.
>         > >> > Please do it following Mario's instructions.
>         > >> >
>         > >> > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 06:22:57PM +0200, Mario
>         Guenterberg wrote:
>         > >> >> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 07:16:33PM +0300, Nicolae
>         Ghimbovschi wrote:
>         > >> >> > Hello,
>         > >> >> >
>         > >> >> > Today I installed Ubuntu 8.10 RC.
>         > >> >> > Everything looks gorges.
>         > >> >> >
>         > >> >> > The kernel version is 2.6.27-7-generic.
>         > >> >> >
>         > >> >> > Linux saturn 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 24
>         06:42:44 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
>         > >> >> >
>         > >> >> > But the nvidia driver failed to build using the
>         source from the ubuntu
>         > >> >> > repositories.
>         > >> >> > I have nvidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400.
>         > >> >> >
>         > >> >> > I have installed:
>         > >> >> > nvidia-96-kernel-source
>         > >> >> > nvidia-96-modaliases
>         > >> >> > nvidia-glx-96
>         > >> >> > nvidia-glx-96-dev
>         > >> >> > nvidia-kernel-common
>         > >> >> > nvidia-settings
>         > >> >> >
>         > >> >> > When I was installing them, the following error
>         ocurred:
>         > >> >> > ...
>         > >> >> > Setting up nvidia-96-kernel-source
>         (96.43.05-0ubuntu10) ...
>         > >> >> > Removing all DKMS Modules
>         > >> >> > Done.
>         > >> >> > Adding Module to DKMS build system
>         > >> >> > driver version= 96.43.05
>         > >> >> > Doing initial module build
>         > >> >> >
>         > >> >> > Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel:
>         2.6.27-7-generic (i686)
>         > >> >> > Consult the make.log in the build directory
>         > >> >> > /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/96.43.05/build/ for more
>         information.
>         > >> >> > Installing initial module
>         > >> >> >
>         > >> >> > I have attached make.log to this email.
>         > >> >> >
>         > >> >> > Is this ok ?
>         > >> >> See the view lines with the ERROR in your make.log!
>         > >> >> You must install linux-headers-$(uname -r)!
>         > >> >>
>         > >> >> Greetings
>         > >> >> Mario
>         > >> >>
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