nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667

[Brian Callahan]

OK I had the "unsigned" line too high in the nv.c file I had to move it
down a liitle bit below the global state line and everything loads

 THANK YOU !!!

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667
> From: "Brian Callahan" <brian at networklifeline.net>
> Date: Fri, November 05, 2004 7:08 pm
> To: pvinson at fit.edu, "For testers of Fedora Core development releases"
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> 
> OK I added the line and then ran the installer but now I get a different
> error
> 
> /root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.c:3512: error:
> `num_nv_de
>    vices' undeclared (first use in this function)
>    make[4]: *** [/root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1/usr/src/nv/nv.o]
> Error 1
>    make[3]: ***
> [_module_/root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1/usr/src/nv] Error
>    2
>    make[2]: *** [modules] 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.
> 
> 
> "nv.c file:
> #ifdef MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR
> MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(NV_MAJOR_DEVICE_NUMBER);
> #endif
> unsigned int __VMALLOC_RESERVE = 128 << 20 <-----------------------
> /*
>  * our global state; one per device
> "
> 
> Thanks,
>   BC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667
> > From: "Patrick Ryan Vinson" <pvinson at fit.edu>
> > Date: Fri, November 05, 2004 5:06 pm
> > To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases"
> > <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
> > 
> > On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:59 -0700, Brian Callahan wrote:
> > > Can't build or load nvidia video driver under 667
> > > 
> > > used an nvidia patch from
> > > http://ngc891.blogdns.net/index.php?2004/09/21/3-patched-nvidia-drivers
> > > 
> > > but still can't load the driver
> > > 
> > > 
> > > errors:
> > > # dmesg
> > > nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
> > > nvidia: Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE
> > > nvidia: Unknown symbol __VMALLOC_RESERVE
> > > 
> > > works fine under 2.6.8-541
> > > 
> > > BC
> > > 
> > 
> > not sure about that patch but all I did was add
> > 
> > unsigned int __VMALLOC_RESERVE = 128 << 20;
> > 
> > right after:
> > 
> > #ifdef MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR
> > MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(NV_MAJOR_DEVICE_NUMBER);
> > #endif
> > 
> > in the nv.c file and ran the installer.  Worked perfectly
> > fine after that.  I am currently running the *-667 kernel.
> > Are you making sure your xorg.conf file is setup properly?
> > 
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